Mail Archives: djgpp/1993/06/10/11:35:42
> I feel the distribution package for any software should be complete and
> internally consistent. DJGPP is not so, since it cannot be built in
> stand-alone fashion using only the files in its distribution file set.
> I strongly encourage the individuals who provide this useful software to
> reconsider their decision not to include the appropriate make utility
> in the distribution. At the very minimum, if make is not to be found
> in the djgpp files, then a directory node on omnigate should be created
> to hold make and any other auxiliary utilities required in building djgpp.
>
> It is absurd that each individual who wants to build parts of the djgpp
> system must independently try to track down one or more make programs in
> order to proceed.
>
> Bob Conley
> conley AT plk DOT af DOT mil
>
>
I agree - and what I can't understand is why three different flavours of
make should be necessary. It is GNU C*, so presumably everything should
be in Gnuish make.
I don't know the differences, and I don't want to have to know. It defeats
the whole purpose of make if nobody knows how to make it!
dP
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