[Box Backup] bsdmake/GNU make on OS X

[Stewart Adam]

On 2010/12/31 3:07 PM, Chris Wilson wrote:
> 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?
It gets installed as a part of XCode/"Developer Utilities" available from 
the factory-shipped OS X reinstallation discs.

> 3. BSD make has a better dependency mechanism that results in faster builds
> than GNU make on the same system.
I didn't realize this... Good to know!

Regards,
Stewart