From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 26 02:18:19 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0EEF106566B for ; Wed, 26 Jan 2011 02:18:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from apseudoutopia@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iy0-f182.google.com (mail-iy0-f182.google.com [209.85.210.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 898708FC08 for ; Wed, 26 Jan 2011 02:18:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iyb26 with SMTP id 26so5942424iyb.13 for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2011 18:18:18 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=IDLk9gabc0dT8z7qJlfPKBTxTIzK7tK3K3ubpSVQZqc=; b=NSUF02IUZD0uIpKI81wOrBOIEBsw3krtL210BIKRyASYQxLEJcJvnoFPA185niFCoY sYyivSS7f6ojTeJAOt/T/WxzwVPttMThk0B10ccX4MLARl1dOB+gtvr6Wej36aEAGq+S H2vlMsyEzK6CA/8+y0g6lql/tAvYT4bqe+3qs= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=K5hU3OXnQZlBWf6h8aDETbis9oZrniABxZxYEEyw1sgv2JCvx2L92kgiLIlVCkB3fI 6jTVRj9enCrUJTvZqyXCxKwgjqi2OhfiriRoMRYwImkpYkVQZWIiFkLQIUzxsJAeN52B 4fDzoYAGhxcsQWN+VLjfYf7iAoh2Rpfs2Eqgo= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.42.224.3 with SMTP id im3mr7612469icb.341.1296006709986; Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:51:49 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.42.174.68 with HTTP; Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:51:49 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4D3F7AF6.9020701@herveybayaustralia.com.au> References: <4D3F7AF6.9020701@herveybayaustralia.com.au> Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 20:51:49 -0500 Message-ID: From: APseudoUtopia To: Da Rock Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gmake format X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 02:18:19 -0000 On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 8:37 PM, Da Rock wrote: > You'll have to excuse my ignorance (and my curious mind...), but I can't > seem to find a straight answer to this. I know linux uses gmake, and gmake > is installed via ports on FreeBSD, but does that mean gmake will only create > linux binaries using the abi compatibility? > > Is it possible to translate the Makefile to use make instead and build as a > native binary instead? No, gmake can make binaries that work on freebsd. For example, the Atheme IRC services require gmake, not make on freebsd (at least, last I checked). It's just a difference in the format of the Makefile.