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From: finn@theory.tn.cornell.edu (Lee Samuel Finn)
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Subject: Re: Gnu make problems with IB code
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Date: 15 Apr 91 15:11:16 GMT
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In article <1991Apr15.023458.20404@athena.mit.edu> guppy@henry.mit.edu (Harold Youngren) writes:
>While I am posting stuff, I recently had to get Gnu make up on my slab
>for an X plotting application.  It seems to work great on most "standard"
>unix-type Makefiles (and adds some nice feature, particularly for dealing with
>libraries). Unfortunately Gnu make apparently barfs on IB generated applications.
>
>Has anybody else had this problem?  Any fixes?
>
>					Hal Youngren  guppy@henry.mit.edu

Yeah, don't use GNU make for IB apps. 

Seriously, I've named GNU make gmake, and use it for everthing but
stuff made by the IB. As I recall the problem is that GNU make doesn't
do includes in the way that NeXT's /bin/make does, and it looked to me
to be easier to rename it then to futz with it to get all the
functionality of /bin/make (on the NeXT).