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From:	"Brown, Kim" <Kim DOT Brown AT wl DOT com>
To:	cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
Subject:	RE: Problem with make
Date:	Thu, 10 Jun 1999 07:56:52 -0400
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My version of GNU make is 3.75 (supplied with b20.1 I think).  I did not
know there was a 3.77 out there.  Looks like I need to upgrade and see if my
problems with makefiles go away.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: N8TM AT aol DOT com [mailto:N8TM AT aol DOT com]
> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 1999 2:12 AM
> To: Kim DOT Brown AT wl DOT com; Dave DOT Blob AT gs DOT com; cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
> Subject: Re: Problem with make
> 
> 
> In a message dated 6/9/99 9:45:12 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
> Kim DOT Brown AT wl DOT com 
> writes:
> 
> > I have found GNU make to be buggy with some makefiles, 
> especially those
> >  generated by PERL install packages.  I just use nmake from 
> microsoft 
> without
> >  problems.  Anyone else have problems with GNU make?
> 
> Do you mean gnu make as in b20.1?  It has serious problems 
> with recursive 
> makefiles (e.g. egcs configure and build).  For my purposes, 
> replacing it 
> with make-3.77 has been satisfactory, 

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