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From: David E. O'Brien <obrien@relay.nuxi.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Help with utility identification..
Date: 3 Feb 1997 08:17:57 GMT
Organization: University of California, Davis
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Ron Echeverri <rone@bofh.noc.best.net> wrote:
: In article <97030.1445343CQBJOZ@cmuvm.csv.cmich.edu>,
: ishwar rattan  <3CQBJOZ@cmuvm.csv.cmich.edu> wrote:
: >How do I fugure out if /usr/bin/make is gnu-make?
: >Is there a way to figure these things out? I am running
: >stock FreeBSD-2.1.5.

: It's not (it's "classic" make).  gmake can be found in the ports
: collection.

It's not really "classic" make.  BSD make came from the Sprite project at
UCB.  It is a total rewrite, and is much more powerful than "classic"
make (although at times it can be a little incompatable).

The most "classic" make for FreeBSD is probably dmake in the
ports/packages.

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-- David    (obrien@NUXI.com  -or-  obrien@FreeBSD.org)