Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2010 01:26:07 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: Chetan Shukla <chetan.shukla@aricent.com> Cc: Paul B Mahol <onemda@gmail.com>, Devin Teske <dteske@vicor.com>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How to check version of Make in FreeBSD Message-ID: <20101002062607.GG40148@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <DF735188ED91BD458FA0E0C17929339F9553CA23@GUREXMB01.ASIAN.AD.ARICENT.COM> References: <DF735188ED91BD458FA0E0C17929339F954A8F32@GUREXMB01.ASIAN.AD.ARICENT.COM> <AANLkTinzFT-EMNZrhccvObE%2BmWMQkJ917xsijUzHGfSP@mail.gmail.com> <1285967910.14091.81.camel@localhost.localdomain> <AANLkTinHLLaEmQLPK8yWkfC_P_JpbkmH6xCuTE6XZh58@mail.gmail.com> <20101002060241.GF40148@dan.emsphone.com> <DF735188ED91BD458FA0E0C17929339F9553CA23@GUREXMB01.ASIAN.AD.ARICENT.COM>
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In the last episode (Oct 02), Chetan Shukla said: > Thanks everyone for the guidance. I got the VERSION number as 5200408120 > Does it mean it has make-3.81? No, it means it has make version 5200408120. make-3.81 is GNU make, while FreeBSD uses BSD make. They are mostly compatible, but there are differences (mainly concerning how you include other makefiles, variable expansion, and looping within a makefile). If you need GNU make, you can install it from the ports tree, and it will be called "gmake". > Also could someone provide guidance on How to run code(C C++) written for > Linux/Solaris On FreeBSD machine without changing Makefiles? If it compiles on Solaris it should compile on FreeBSD, since Solaris doesn't use GNU make either. If you're trying to run some open source software, changes are it's already in the ports tee. If not, you can post your problems here and hopefully someone will help. http://www.freebsd.org/ports/ -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com
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