Organization: Ecole Nationale Superieure des Telecommunications, Paris
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 93 16:42:00 +0200
From: David Powers <powers AT inf DOT enst DOT fr>
To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu, bob AT plk DOT af DOT mil
Subject: Re: ndmake

 
> I feel the distribution package for any software should be complete and
> internally consistent.  DJGPP is not so, since it cannot be built in
> stand-alone fashion using only the files in its distribution file set.
> I strongly encourage the individuals who provide this useful software to
> reconsider their decision not to include the appropriate make utility
> in the distribution.  At the very minimum, if make is not to be found
> in the djgpp files, then a directory node on omnigate should be created
> to hold make and any other auxiliary utilities required in building djgpp.
> 
> It is absurd that each individual who wants to build parts of the djgpp
> system must independently try to track down one or more make programs in
> order to proceed.
> 
>    Bob Conley
>    conley AT plk DOT af DOT mil
> 
> 

I agree - and what I can't understand is why three different flavours of
make should be necessary.  It is GNU C*, so presumably everything should
be in Gnuish make.

I don't know the differences, and I don't want to have to know.  It defeats
the whole purpose of make if nobody knows how to make it!

dP