https://github.com/neosmart/gmake-proxy

A BSD make (bmake) proxy that invokes GNU make (gmake) instead
https://github.com/neosmart/gmake-proxy

bmake bsd gmake makefile

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A BSD make (bmake) proxy that invokes GNU make (gmake) instead

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/neosmart/gmake-proxy
• Owner: neosmart
• License: bsd-2-clause
• Created: 2018-06-07T18:49:40.000Z (over 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-10-22T17:41:08.000Z (about 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-03-26T03:39:09.003Z (9 months ago)
• Topics: bmake, bsd, gmake, makefile
• Language: Makefile
• Size: 7.81 KB
• Stars: 15
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 4
• Open Issues: 1
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# gmake-proxy

`gmake-proxy` consists of a single `BSDmakefile` that can be dropped into any

project with an existing `Makefile` relying on syntax specific to GNU `make`.

Instead of seeing and endless wall of errors as bmake attempts (and fails) to

parse the `gmake`-specific contents, with this `BSDmakefile` in place `make`

will silently proxy all commands (and even attempt to forward commandline

options in a compatibile manner) to GNU `make` if `gmake` is found.

If `gmake` is not installed, this makefile will emit the appropriate error

message informing the end user that `gmake` is required to compile the project

in question.

## How this works

Since the split from the original AT&T `make`, both GNU's `make` and the BSD

`make` have adopted different syntax to improve and expand the makefile syntax.

These syntaxes changes are largely incompatible with one another. While the BSD

makefile syntax is typically seen as being cleaner and clearer (and `bmake` can

handle paths with spaces), the GNU variant of the makefile syntax is by far the

more popular of the two in random open source projects found around the web.

Fortunately, both GNU `make` and BSD `make` default to a different makefile

name that, if present, will be used instead of a file named `Makefile` in the

project root. For BSD `make`, that filename is `BSDmakefile`, while for GNU

`make`, that name is is `GNUmakefile`.

This project consists of a single `BSDmakefile` that can be dropped into any

directory containing either a `GNUmakefile` or (as is most common) a

platform-agnostic `Makefile` that incorrectly contains GNU-specific

syntax/code. This `BSDmakefile` will attempt to intercept the user's build

command and forward it to a GNU `make` instance, relying on the presence of GNU

`make` installed under the name `gmake`.

## Copyright and authorship

`gmake-proxy` is written and developed by Mahmoud Al-Qudsi of NeoSmart

Technologies.  This project is (aptly) released to the general public under the

terms of the two-clause BSD license (aka "the simplified BSD license" or "the

FreeBSD license"). Please see the `LICENSE` file for the full text of the

license.

(Code licensed under the BSD license may be freely used in GPL projects,

unfortunately the converse is not true.)