Re: problem building build package from cvs

|--==> "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 I'm not going to say don't do it, but I wouldn't if I were you. Three quick reasons that I can think of: 1) We've always had the GNU requirement for building packages. 2) The GNU tools are readily available for most (if not all) the platforms that XEmacs supports. 3) find ./ -type f -regex \ ".*\(Local\|XEmacs\|iterate\)\.rules.*\|.*Makefile" | wc -l => 148 -- |---<Steve Youngs>---------------<GnuPG KeyID: 10D5C9C5>---| | XEmacs - It's not just an editor. | | It's a way of life. | |------------------------------------&lt;youngs(a)xemacs.org&gt;---|