From: Pierre Habouzit Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 23:29:55 GMT Subject: Re: Solaris 'make' & Git Makefile Message-ID: <20071116232955.GA22075@artemis.corp> In-Reply-To: On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 10:59:48PM +0000, Guido Ostkamp wrote: > Hello Junio, *, > > the Solaris 'make' utility cannot handle the 'Makefile' that is delivered > with Git or generated by Git's configure. > > A Solaris make run breaks around line 138. > > Question: Do you require the GNU make utility for Git? Well, the fact that solaris make doesn't understands @ is well... no comments. But we also require ifdef/endif to work, and bsd make doesn't grok that e.g. SO yes, I believe GNU Make is somehow required. The Makefiles don't use double expansions and such tricks, so even quite antiquated GNU Make versions should work fine -- ·O· Pierre Habouzit ··O madcoder@debian.org OOO http://www.madism.org