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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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