* Erik Trulsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020219 01:06] wrote:
> 
> One potential problem is that 'make' on different platforms can differ
> in many details.
> Some of the features of BSD make that are used by the portmakefiles for
> example are not supported by GNU make (which is used on Linux) GNU make
> OTOH supports some things not in BSD make.
> 
> Writing complicated makefiles that are portable between different
> 'make' implementations is a non-trivial task.

Yes, but both BSD and GNU make are fairly portable so it's not that
big of a problem.

-Alfred

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