Date:	Mon, 7 Jun 93 09:32:33 -0400
From:	unifi!yigal AT uunet DOT UU DOT NET (Yigal Hochberg)
To:	uunet!aim.com!hardy AT uunet DOT UU DOT NET
Cc:	WAGNER AT main DOT mndly DOT umn DOT edu, djgpp AT uunet DOT UU DOT NET
Subject:	Broken GNUish make [was: Ndmake]

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> Date: Fri, 4 Jun 93 11:44:30 PDT
> From: uunet!aim.com!hardy (Bob Hardy)
> To: main.mndly.umn.edu!WAGNER AT omnigate DOT clarkson DOT edu
> Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
> In-Reply-To: Rick Wagner's message of 4 Jun 93 10:56:45 CST <E3AE110A9 AT fs-main DOT mndly DOT umn DOT edu>
> Subject: Broken GNUish make [was: Ndmake]
> Reply-To: uunet!aim.com!hardy
> 
>    > 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.
> 
>    The same exact thing happens on three different systems that I've tried.
> 
> Be notified that there is a bad zipfile of gnuish make 3.58 out there.
> It is not the fault of the program: it's just a bad archive of it.
> Send brief email if you are one of the people who still would like the
> old working one, but haven't been able to find it.  If interest is
> sufficient, I'll upload it and email announcements as to where it can
> be found.  (At the moment, I don't know of a GOOD copy on an ftp site!
> There WAS one on wuarchive.wustl.edu, but I think someone removed the
> old .arc file, and replaced it with the broken zipfile.)
> 
> 				-- Bob
> 				hardy AT aim DOT com
>  
> 

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.

Most of the people who obtained it are happy. Some reported problems.
I noticed that you should be very careful with the syntax. In some
cases, of syntax errors, it dies with no warnings.

Please let me know the results.

I appreciate if somebody can find a "home" to it and let the community know.


- Yigal

 
Yigal Hochberg                                 yigal AT unifi DOT com
Unifi Communications Corp.                     Tel: 508-663-7570
4 Federal St.                                  Fax: 508-663-7543
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