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From: drk@athena.mit.edu (David R Kohr)
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Subject: A Unix-compatible "make" for MS-DOS
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Date: 3 May 89 00:09:13 GMT
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I have been comparing the "make" program that comes with Borland
Turbo C 2.0 with the "make" on Sun Unix (v. 3.5) and have found it
to be largely incompatible.  Can anyone recommend a "make" that is
very closely compatible with Unix "make"?  I'd prefer something
that's public-domain or shareware, but I might consider commercial
offerings as well.  (The chief incompatibilities that I've encountered
are the syntax for file inclusion, lack of built-in implicit rules
like ".c.obj" in Borland's make, a serious bug in Borland's make
involving the definition of macros within !include'd files, and
the handling of shell commands--especially cd--within action lines.)
		David R. Kohr, M.I.T. Lincoln Laboratory
	email:	KOHR@LL.LL.MIT.EDU (preferred) OR drk@athena.mit.edu
	phone:	(617)981-0775 (work), (617)527-3908 (home)