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# 1  
Old 07-14-2006
what is the distinguish between gmake and make?
I am working on solaris 9. and use gmake to compile and linke c/c++ program.
anybody can tell me the distinguish between gmake and make? Smilie
# 2  
Old 07-14-2006
different software licenses, and gmake has a few extended features.
# 3  
Old 07-15-2006
On linux gmake and make often are the same:

$ gmake --version
GNU Make 3.80
Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
$ make --version
GNU Make 3.80
Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
# 4  
Old 07-18-2006
thanks. and i found that on solaris gmake and make is not same.
shenzhen{bzhu}$ gmake -version
GNU Make version 3.71, by Richard Stallman and Roland McGrath.
Copyright (C) 1988, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

shenzhen{bzhu}$ make -version
GNU Make 3.80
Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

But when compile program, they maybe have no difference. right?
# 5  
Old 07-18-2006
It's strange that you have 2 different versions of one product from one vendor. It's a problem that is waiting to happen
# 6  
Old 07-18-2006
There shouldn't be too many differences in the output of the different versions. But you might want to clean that up so that you have a single version on your system. Use 'pkginfo | grep -i make' to get the names of both the packages, and then pkgrm the version that is not required.
# 7  
Old 07-18-2006
Solaris always includes the Sun (CCS) make, it is used among other things to build NIS maps. Howerver it does not include c or c++ compilers.

gcc and g++ or rather makefiles designed to work with them tend to work a lot better with gmake than solaris make, so most people who use gcc also install some or all of the other components of the gnu build chain.
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