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| BSD `make` != GNU `make` | 2024-07-31T07:27:50-07:00 | Discussing some differences between the BSD and GNU variants of `make(1)`. | Tech |
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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 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 from BSD
make. - And PMake: A Tutorial, hosted on FreeBSD.org.