Date: Tue, 4 Apr 1995 04:53:17 -0300 (ADT)
From: Bill Davidson <bdavidson AT ra DOT isisnet DOT com>
Subject: Re: GNU LISP... anyone have any luck?
To: ".ASM SoftWare Systems" <rdc AT freenet DOT vancouver DOT bc DOT ca>
Cc: Charles Hunter <huntercr AT cs DOT purdue DOT edu>,
        djgpp mailing list <DJGPP AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu>



On Sat, 1 Apr 1995, .ASM SoftWare Systems wrote:

> I have dealt with the cat/mv stuff ok ...
> 
> But I hate having to play with the makefiles so much !
> If the makfile supports __MSDOS__ (and it's a djgpp/GNU) program it would
> be pleasant for me if I could compile with less pain ...
> 
> Is the newest version of make dealing with this ?

Why make?  If a makefile says "invoke mv", then that is what make should 
do, and if mv isn't available, make should quite rightly die.
The problem is not with make, but with makefile writers who assume that 
unix tools are available on all DOS machines with djgpp (or some gcc).
Yes, rewriting makefiles can be a pain, but don't blame make.
Bill Davidson
bdavidson AT ra DOT isisnet DOT com