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gmake

GNU make - a program for directing recompilation.

Synopsis

gmake [options] [targets]

Description

gmake is the name used within AIPS++ to differentiate the GNU make executable from the many other flavours of make available on unix systems.

GNU make is essential for AIPS++, and is installed automatically by configure (p) as ``gmake'' when AIPS++ is first installed.

GNU make has many features which make it preferable to any other form of make. It can process makefiles written for most flavours of make although the converse is not true.

GNU make is free software provided by the Free Software Foundation.

Notes

• Version 3.71 or later is required.

• POSIX.2 compliance for make applies largely to the way makefiles themselves are written, and essentially restricts functionality to the lowest common denominator of all the many varieties of make. This means it would be it very difficult to write portable POSIX.2 compliant makefiles for AIPS++, so GNU Make has been adopted instead. GNU Make is itself POSIX.1 and POSIX.2 compliant, and so satisfies the ``POSIX compliance'' criteria originally set for AIPS++.

See also

The GNU Make manual.
The GNU manual page for make.
configure (p), the AIPS++ installation script.
makedefs (p), AIPS++ makefile definitions.
makefiles (p), GNU makefiles used to rebuild AIPS++.