IMHO, this should be: "Note: This Makefile is only compatible with GNU make"
The binary can have arbitrary names, although I'm surprised that gmake is not also present when make actually is gnu make ... On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 1:13 PM, David Mertens <[email protected]> wrote: > I think your latter suggestion is best. After all, older Macs might still > need to use gmake, right? > > David > > On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 6:00 AM, John Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi... >> >> In the README... I see this: >> >> " >> Note: For OSX and FreeBSD, gmake should be used instead of make. >> " >> >> So... I tried using gmake, and it failed. "gmake not found". >> >> I tried "make --version", and I see this: >> >> GNU Make 3.81 >> >> So... basically that is ALREADY GMAKE. >> >> We can change the READ ME to this: >> >> Note: For FreeBSD, gmake should be used instead of make. >> >> Or even better: >> >> Note: if "make --version" does not say "GNU Make" then use gmake >> instead. >> >> ... >> >> It would have saved me a few hours of precious wasted time. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tinycc-devel mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/tinycc-devel >> > > > > -- > "Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. > Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, > by definition, not smart enough to debug it." -- Brian Kernighan > > _______________________________________________ > Tinycc-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/tinycc-devel > > -- Raphaël Londeix http://hotgloupi.fr
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