From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 17 17:13:46 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 726D016A407 for ; Tue, 17 Apr 2007 17:13:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bill@ayn.mi.celestial.com) Received: from ayn.mi.celestial.com (hayek.celestial.com [192.136.111.12]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A9A813C45E for ; Tue, 17 Apr 2007 17:13:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bill@ayn.mi.celestial.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ayn.mi.celestial.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C91D8685F3F47; Tue, 17 Apr 2007 10:15:08 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mi.celestial.com Received: from ayn.mi.celestial.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ayn.mi.celestial.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id o68tbFNehTcB; Tue, 17 Apr 2007 10:15:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: by ayn.mi.celestial.com (Postfix, from userid 203) id B1C3B6854ECA1; Tue, 17 Apr 2007 10:15:08 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 10:15:08 -0700 From: Bill Campbell To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20070417171508.GA12577@ayn.mi.celestial.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 OpenPKG/2.5 Subject: Re: BSD make vs. GNU make X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd@celestial.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 17:13:46 -0000 On Tue, Apr 17, 2007, Soo-Hyun Choi wrote: >Hi, > >This might be a dumb question, but would like get a clear idea about >the differences between BSD make and GNU make. Why do I have to do >'gmake' in some cases instead of just plain 'make'? > >What's the differences? The gmake program has many extensions which tend to be used in the gnu automake, autoconf, libtools system. I suspect that gmake will work with most non-gnu Makefiles, but the reverse is not true. There's a pretty good book, ``GNU Autoconf, Automake, and Libtool'' by Vaughan, Elliston, Tomey, and Taylor. Bill -- INTERNET: bill@Celestial.COM Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 The only logical reason to take guns away from responsible people is to give irresponsible people an edge in the perpetration of their crimes against us. -- The Idaho Observer, Vol. 1, No. 2 February 1997