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Re: [Devel] non-GNU make patch
From: |
David Turner |
Subject: |
Re: [Devel] non-GNU make patch |
Date: |
Fri, 12 Apr 2002 12:30:54 +0200 |
Hi Vincent,
Vincent Caron a écrit :
>
> It's not about making it work with BSD make :). Since the small
> 'configure' stub appeared, there is a little pb : 'make' command name is
> hardcoded in it, making it no fun to run under FreeBSD. And people
> instinctively run './configure' without reading the docs, we know that.
> I slightly modified 'configure' and 'builds/detect.mk', so it gives the
> following scenario :
>
> $ ./configure
> Sorry, GNU make is required to build FreeType2.
> Please try `GNUMAKE=<GNU make command name> ./configure'.
> $ GNUMAKE=gmake ./configure
> [...]
> Otherwise, simply type `gmake' again to build the library.
>
> Seems a little nicer and RTFM-proof, isn't it ?
> Patch is against current CVS ('pre-2.1.0' ?).
>
Thanks, that's very sweet and I did commit it since it
works very well :-)
Cheers,
- David Turner