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This directory contains the %VERSION% release of GNU Make.
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1999-08-24 06:15:17 +08:00
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See the file NEWS for the user-visible changes from previous releases.
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In addition, there have been bugs fixed.
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1989-08-13 16:28:15 +09:00
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1999-09-11 13:44:53 +08:00
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Please check the system-specific notes below for any caveats related to
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your operating system.
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1993-01-13 05:02:13 +08:00
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For general building and installation instructions, see the file INSTALL.
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1999-04-02 14:19:33 +08:00
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1993-01-13 05:02:13 +08:00
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If you need to build GNU Make and have no other `make' program to use,
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you can use the shell script `build.sh' instead. To do this, first run
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`configure' as described in INSTALL. Then, instead of typing `make' to
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build the program, type `sh build.sh'. This should compile the program
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in the current directory. Then you will have a Make program that you can
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use for `./make install', or whatever else.
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1989-08-13 16:28:15 +09:00
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1995-10-05 02:15:35 +08:00
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Some systems' Make programs are broken and cannot process the Makefile for
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GNU Make. If you get errors from your system's Make when building GNU
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Make, try using `build.sh' instead.
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1999-04-02 14:19:33 +08:00
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GNU make is fully documented in the GNU Make manual, which is contained
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in this distribution as the file make.texinfo. You can also find
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on-line and preformatted (PostScript and DVI) versions at the FSF's web
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site. There is information there about ordering hardcopy documentation.
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http://www.gnu.org/
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http://www.gnu.org/doc/doc.html
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http://www.gnu.org/manual/manual.html
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1999-08-24 06:15:17 +08:00
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You can also find the latest versions of GNU Make from there.
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1999-09-11 13:44:53 +08:00
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You can send GNU make bug reports to bug-make@gnu.org. Please see the
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section of the GNU make manual entitled `Problems and Bugs' for
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information on submitting useful and complete bug reports.
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1999-04-02 14:19:33 +08:00
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If you need help using GNU make, try these forums:
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help-make@gnu.org
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help-utils@gnu.org
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news:gnu.utils.help
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news:gnu.utils.bug
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Also:
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1998-07-31 04:54:47 +08:00
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- See README.customs for details on integrating GNU make with the
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Customs distributed build environment from the Pmake distribution.
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- See README.W32 for details about GNU Make on Windows NT, 95, or 98.
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- See README.Amiga for details about GNU Make on AmigaDOS.
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- See README.DOS for compilation instructions on MS-DOS and MS-Windows
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using DJGPP tools.
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A precompiled binary of the MSDOS port of GNU Make is available as part
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of DJGPP; see the WWW page http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/ for more
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information.
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1999-09-11 13:44:53 +08:00
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GNU Make is free software. See the file COPYING for copying conditions.
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System-specific Notes
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1993-05-13 05:22:14 +08:00
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It has been reported that the XLC 1.2 compiler on AIX 3.2 is buggy such
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that if you compile make with `cc -O' on AIX 3.2, it will not work correctly.
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It is said that using `cc' without `-O' does work.
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1993-08-02 04:28:14 +08:00
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One area that is often a problem in configuration and porting is the code
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to check the system's current load average. To make it easier to test and
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debug this code, you can do `make check-loadavg' to see if it works
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properly on your system. (You must run `configure' beforehand, but you
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need not build Make itself to run this test.)
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1999-09-11 13:44:53 +08:00
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Another potential source of porting problems is the configure support
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enabling GNU make to access large files (LFS) on those operating systems
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that support them. Please report any bugs that you find in this area.
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If you run into difficulties, then as a workaround you should be able to
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disable LFS by adding the `--disable-largefile' option to the
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`configure' script.
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