Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!apple!bbn.com!fkittred From: fkittred@bbn.com (Fletcher Kittredge) Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp Subject: Re: VPATH Message-ID: <55931@bbn.BBN.COM> Date: 9 May 90 11:41:39 GMT References: Sender: news@bbn.com Reply-To: fkittred@spca.bbn.com (Fletcher Kittredge) Distribution: usa Organization: Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., Cambridge MA Lines: 32 In article denny@tss.com (Denny Page) writes: >Does anyone know what magic is required to get HP's make to recognize >VPATH? > >Denny VPATH is a feature of GNU make, so you will need to install GNU make on your system. GNU make runs very well on both the HP9000 series 800s and series 300, and has much greater functionality than the HP supplied make. GNU make is available from the Free Software Foundation. It might be on HP's contrib tape. regards, fletcher P.S. You can get GNU make by writing to: Free Software Foundation 675 Mass Ave Cambridge MA 02139 or by ftp-ing it from: 18.71.0.38 prep.ai.mit.edu where it is in the directory /u2/emacs. The lastest version is 3.58. Fletcher E. Kittredge fkittred@bbn.com Platforms and Tools Group BBN Software Products Company 10 Fawcett St. Cambridge, MA. 02138