[Box Backup] bsdmake/GNU make on OS X
Chris Wilson
chris at qwirx.com
Fri Dec 31 20:07:01 GMT 2010
Hi Stewart,
On Fri, 31 Dec 2010, Stewart Adam wrote:
> I was wondering why bsdmake is preferred to autotools' GNU make when
> building on OS X... I did a test compile after modifying
> BoxPlatform.pl.in to force the use of regular Makefiles on OS X and it
> worked perfectly. Do you think it would be worthwhile to switch to using
> regular Makefiles on OS X as well?
As far as I know:
1. Ben, who wrote this code originally, prefers BSD to GNU in general;
2. I think GNU make is not always installed on OS X machines. Is it part
of XCode?
3. BSD make has a better dependency mechanism that results in faster
builds than GNU make on the same system.
Cheers, Chris.
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