Rename Makefile to GNUMakefile? (was: Re: compiling on FreeBSD)

[till plewe]

On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 7:47 PM, Dennis Brakhane <brakhane at googlemail.com>wrote:

> On the Mercurial list someone had a problem compiling Mercurial under
> (an old version
>  of) FreeBSD.
>

...


>  > Use GNU make to build mercurial.  The Makefiles use syntax that is

 > gmake-specific, so you will have to install the devel/gmake package and
> > replace 'make' with 'gmake'.
>
> This got me thinking, if we really depend on GNU make specific stuff, would
> it
> not be a good idea to rename Makefile to GNUMakefile to make it obvious
> that gmake is required?
>
>
The man page uses 'GNUmakefile' but it seems to be not a
very popular solution.

Or put some kind of check in Makefile that tells people to use GNU make if

 the required features are not available?
>

That may be the easiest/best solution.


>
> Greetings,
>  Dennis
> _______________________________________________
>
>

- Till
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