Date:	Mon, 7 Jun 93 09:06:47 -0400
From:	unifi!yigal AT uunet DOT UU DOT NET (Yigal Hochberg)
To:	uunet!lsid.hp.com!ericb AT uunet DOT UU DOT NET
Cc:	djgpp AT uunet DOT UU DOT NET
Subject:	GNUish make

> Return-Path: <ericb AT lsid DOT hp DOT com>
> From: Eric Backus <uunet!lsid.hp.com!ericb>
> Subject: Re: Ndmake
> To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu (djgpp)
> Date: Fri, 4 Jun 93 11:43:28 PDT
> In-Reply-To: <Pine DOT 3 DOT 07 DOT 9306040237 DOT A18828-9100000 AT world DOT std DOT com>; from "Thomas G Schlatter" at Jun 4, 93 2:48 am
> Mailer: Elm [revision: 66.25]
> 
> Tom (paladin AT world DOT std DOT com) wrote:
> > On Thu, 3 Jun 1993, DJ Delorie wrote:
> > 
> > > djgpp does not include a make executable.  libsrc's makefiles use
> > > gnuish make, gnu programs use ndmake, go32 uses turbo-c's make.
> >   ^^^^^^^^^^^
> > 
> > While we're on the subject, is there some secret to getting gnuish
> > make to actually WORK?  All I can manage to get it to do is lock
> > my system, requiring a soft boot.
> 
> Strange.  I keep hearing complaints that GNUish make doesn't work, or
> locks up the system.  But I've been using GNUish make since before
> DJGPP 1.05, and I've never had any problems.  I got it from SIMTEL20.
> Is there a corrupt version out there?  Or perhaps it fails only on
> todays ultra-fast machines (I have a 386/33)?
> --
> 				Eric Backus
> 				ericb AT lsid DOT hp DOT com
> 				(206) 335-2495

Gnuish make from some archives was really not good. I collected all the 
relevant part and recompiled it. Anyone who is interested, I put
it in uunet in ~/tmp/ygmake.zip. Hope it will help.

Please let me know the results.

- Yigal

 
Yigal Hochberg                                 yigal AT unifi DOT com
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