Re: problem building build package from cvs

SY> |--==> "PB" == rendhalver <rendhalver(a)xemacs.org&gt; writes: Stephen> Yup. Ask Steve Y about future plans, but the package build Stephen> process has always required GNU make. Portable Makefiles Stephen> are annoying. PB> we could do an os check for FreeBSD and set them that way yes ?? PB> i will have a go at seeing if i can make a patch for this SY> I'm not going to say don't do it, but I wouldn't if I were you. Three SY> quick reasons that I can think of: SY> 1) We've always had the GNU requirement for building SY> packages. SY> 2) The GNU tools are readily available for most (if not all) SY> the platforms that XEmacs supports. SY> 3) find ./ -type f -regex \ SY> ".*\(Local\|XEmacs\|iterate\)\.rules.*\|.*Makefile" | wc -l SY> => 148 ok thats a lot (not surprising though) ok how about i write a patch for the docs then ?? say we include a FreeBSD section saying which option's to change if you are building on FreeBSD ?? should be pretty easy ( even for me :P ) -- XEmacs Advocate | Do not try the patience of Wizards, FreeBSD Devote | for they are subtle and quick to anger. Perl Hacker | - Elric (Technomage) , Babylon 5. Apache God | <mailto:rendhalver＠xemacs.org>