Re: differences between gmake and freebsd's make

[Harlan Stenn]

Thanks, Ralf!

I also am seeing a problem with /usr/ccs/bin/make on solaris.  I do
suspect a VPATH thing at the moment.

It is very strange to me that it only happens in some directories and
not in others.  I'm digging...

H
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> Hello Harlan,
> 
> * Harlan Stenn wrote on Fri, Aug 25, 2006 at 03:07:52AM CEST:
> > 
> > I run 'gmake' and everything builds.
> > 
> > I run 'gmake' again and the beast completes without building anything
> > (no surprise).
> > 
> > I run 'make' and things get built.
> 
> Yes, this rings two bells, a general and a more specific one:
> http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/html_node/Portable-Make.html
> http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/html_node/Make-Target-Lookup.html
> 
> I'd first try doing a non-VPATH build and see whether that works.
> 
> Cheers,
> Ralf