Re: conversion from Solaris make

[Paul D. Smith]

%% "Terry Westley" <address@hidden> writes:

  tw> It'd be nice if there were a document somewhere that tells what
  tw> features available in Solaris are not available in GNU and how I
  tw> would replace the capability.

I am not aware of any such document, beyond what you are already know
about (the "Incompatibilities and Missing Features" section of the
manual).

One thing I can think of that isn't listed there is the difference
between Solaris make's target-specific variables (what they call
conditional macros) and GNU make's; in Sun make you'd say something
like:

  target := VARIABLE = value

In GNU make, of course, := means something entirely different and you'd
simply say:

  target : VARIABLE = value

Another thing I can think of is .KEEP_STATE, which GNU make doesn't
support at all and which there is really no way to emulate.


Otherwise, if you have specific questions please address them to the
list (and/or maybe check the list archives to see if they've already
been answered).

  tw> Most of the incompatibilities I've run into so far are not
  tw> mentioned in the "Incompatibilities" section of the GNU make
  tw> version 3.79 (April 2000) manual.

If you find incompatibilities not mentioned in that chapter, please pass
those along as well so we can take a look at them.

Thanks.

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