On Thu, 24 Sep 2015 18:04:58 +0800, David Crayford wrote: > >Most of us guys that build software on z/OS Unix use gmake which is the >GNU make as opposed to the z/OS make utility. It's not necessarily >better but it's more portable. You can get that from the z/OS Unix >Ported Tools website >http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/os/zos/features/unix/bpxa1ty1.html. > gmake has VPATH which is indispensable for some GNU builds.
It's a peculiar sense of "more portable". Yes, gmake is portable in that its source is available and can be compiled on many platforms. But I think you mean, rather, that gmake supports makefiles which are non-portable in that they do not conform to POSIX standards. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
