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+title: BSD `make` != GNU `make`
+date: 2024-07-31T07:27:50-07:00
+description: Discussing some differences between the BSD and GNU variants of `make(1)`.
+categories: Tech
+tags: [BSD, GNU, Make, Software]
+---
+
+While working on a little home networking project, I found myself having to
+write a Makefile in a FreeBSD environment.
+
+Having written only GNU Makefiles over the course of my life, I was surprised to
+find that my recipes just ... didn't work.
+
+Some resources that helped me make the jump to writing BSD style Makefiles are:
+
+* The [`make(1)`][man] man page that ships with FreeBSD. It's surprisingly
+  thorough, but difficult to search through if you don't know exactly what
+  you're looking for.
+* This FreeBSD mailing list post quoting [GNU make's summary of
+  differences][diffs] from BSD `make`.
+* And [PMake: A Tutorial][pmake], hosted on FreeBSD.org.
+
+[man]: https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?make(1)
+[diffs]: https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2007-April/147533.html
+[pmake]: https://docs-archive.freebsd.org/44doc/psd/12.make/paper.pdf