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Subject: RE: need help with vbox
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Gentleman=2C I agree with both of you.
Thanks for everything.
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> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
> From: ivoras@freebsd.org
> Date: Thu=2C 16 Oct 2008 11:32:48 +0200
> Subject: Re: need help with vbox
>=20
> Bruce Cran wrote:
>> Ivan Voras wrote:
>>> Desmond Chapman wrote:
>>> =20
>>>> It's dependent upon kbuild. Since the developers have no intention of
>>>> fixing the issue=2C I would like a tutorial on converting the kmk file
>>>> to a normal Makefile.
>>>>    =20
>>>
>>> What is kmk? Google only shows it's used with VirtualBox and nowhere
>>> else. If it's something the authors of VirtualBox created=2C you'll hav=
e
>>> to ask them.
>>>  =20
>>=20
>> Apparently it's the tool used to build kbuild
>> (http://svn.netlabs.org/kbuild/wiki/kmk=2C http://kbuild.sourceforge.net=
/)
>> projects.   It seems it's what the Linux kernel build system uses.
>=20
> Well=2C this seems to sum it up:
>=20
> """
> Why not use vanilla GNU make? There are several reasons:
> ...
> # Finally=2C because we can. :-)
> """
>=20

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