From: Gene Johnston <GJOHNSTO AT PIT DOT LEGENT DOT COM>
To: DJ Delorie - GNU make on DOS <djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu>
Subject: Make on OS/2 ?
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 95 11:26:00 PDT
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I would like to ask a few questions related to the port of GNU make to 
MS-DOS.

My real goal is to have GNU make on OS/2. I could find no reference to the
availability of GNU make for OS/2 so I assume it does not currently exist. 
Do
you know if this effort has already been undertaken? If not, I thought that
the MS-DOS port would be the best starting point for such an effort.

I currently have the source for GNU make version 3.74 from
ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu. The source for the MS-DOS port appears to be
3.71. Have the MS-DOS modifications NOT been incorporated into the 3.74
version?

From briefly reviewing configure.bat (in 3.74) it appears that file names
greater than 8.3, availability of 'sed', and 'update' (I am not familiar 
with
update), the availability of gcc, and the availability of some pre-existing
make is expected in building GNU make. Can you elaborate a bit on the 
working
environment that is necessary to sucessfully build GNU make in the PC world?

Do you have recommendations regarding the make program and C compiler that
might be reasonable alternatives to build GNU make. The make and C compilers
available to me on OS/2 are likely to be Borland and IBM C Set++, the later
being more up-to-date in our shop, and therefore the more likely candidate.

I need to make judgement regarding the magnitude of the effort and the
likelihood of success before I can justify trying to build an OS/2 version 
of
GNU make, so can you offer an opinion regarding this undertaking. A general
impression might be helpful, like 'it seems reaonable and achievable', or 
'it is
a foolhardy endeavor to be undertaken only by the hopelessly insane'.