Nikolay Molchanov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Roland Mainz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > How different is their "make" version (or better:
> > What are the differences ?) ?
>
> GNU makefiles and SUN makefiles have different syntax,
> and this is the main difference between "gmake" and "dmake".
> Sun Studio "dmake" (in serial mode) is compatible with Sun "make",
> they both can work with Sun makefiles, but cannot work with GNU
> makefiles. We plan to provide a compatibility mode in "dmake",
> which will allow to work with GNU makefiles.
Which features do you like to add?
Which incompatibility features do you like to switch?
> > > "dmake is not very portable" (why ?) ?
> >
> > Well, I did look into the source a few years ago.....
> > If you have the old Univertity sources, I just recommend you to to the same.
>
> I'm responsible for "dmake", and I can say that "dmake" is portable.
The last time I looked into the sources that did go to universities, it did not
look very portable.
> It was ported to Linux x86 several years ago, and now "dmake" for Linux
> is shipped with Sun Studio 11. It is 100% compatible with Solaris "dmake"
> (they have the same set of features and the same [high] level of quality).
Unless you did also port /bin/sh to Linux and make dmake use this port instead
of bash, you will suffer from bugs and incompatibilities in bash.
> A month ago I've been asked to port "dmake" to Linux SPARC (well, not an
> official port, just to create an experimental version). It took about 2 days
> to port "dmake", and to port and run regression tests.
> The result was unbelievable - only about 10 of 400 tests failed, and there
> were no critical failures (just some differences in the log files).
If dmake is portable, you would onbly need to call "make" in order to
compile it. Why do you believe you need to port it?
Jörg
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