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Date:      Tue, 27 Jun 2000 13:38:49 +0200
From:      Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org>
To:        Mac <mac@ngo.org.uk>
Cc:        David Larkin <David.Larkin@djl.co.uk>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: make & gmake
Message-ID:  <20000627133849.A32040@mithrandr.moria.org>
In-Reply-To: <200006271133.MAA03423@ngo.org.uk>; from mac@ngo.org.uk on Tue, Jun 27, 2000 at 12:33:13PM %2B0100
References:  <39588170.782CB0A1@DJL.co.uk> <200006271133.MAA03423@ngo.org.uk>

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On Tue 2000-06-27 (12:33), Mac wrote:
> > 
> > For the record, I think I've  worked out what is going on.
> > 
> > The resulting /usr/local/bin/make seems to do the job in PostgreSQL.
> > 
> > I guess /usr/local/bin/make is gmake under another name.
> 
> 
> Indeed.
> 
> One of the single most confusing things in the whole GNU utilities.
> 
> It's known as 'gmake' when being discussed (to distinguish it from all
> other 'make's), but the executable's name is 'make'.

Not if you use the port (like you're supposed to).  Having gmake called
'make' would cause way too many headaches.

Neil
-- 
Neil Blakey-Milner
Sunesi Clinical Systems
nbm@mithrandr.moria.org


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