Independence from (g)make

[Alex Zepeda]

On Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 05:23:42PM +0200, Adriaan de Groot wrote:

> We FreeBSD studs^Wweenies^Wpeople have BSD make (make) as opposed to GNU
> make (gmake);  while it is possible to install and use gmake, some of us
> would prefer to use the original BSD make. There's several steps involved
> in getting that far. The first thing I'd like to do is clean up
> Makefile.common in admin/. What's that mean?

Cleaning it up is a fine goal.  However, for better or worse gmake
provides a unified target that one can write makefiles for.  As you've
readily noticed the makefiles are rediculously complex, and IMO it's not
worth maintaining compatibility between various brands of make...  
especially since there are some significant areas where they utilize
incompatible syntax.

Now, if you wanted to drop autoconf/make and go in favor of a nicer build
system.. that might be worth it.  Ever looked at jam?

- alex