Re: Update the make utility
Re: Update the make utility
- Subject: Re: Update the make utility
- From: Jens Alfke <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2017 11:25:46 -0700
> On Aug 23, 2017, at 10:49 AM, Marcus Johnson <email@hidden>
> wrote:
>
> So yeah, can you guys switch the make utility from gnu to FreeBSD's?
Is FreeBSD's is 100.0% backward compatible with GNU's? If not, that would be a
breaking change. I suspect that's the reason.
Even if it is compatible, switching would be a risk to the Core OS build
process, since nothing is exactly 100% backward compatible. If I were on
Apple's Core OS team, I probably wouldn't see the risk as worth it, especially
when it's so easy for developers to install an alternate 'make' tool using e.g.
Homebrew.
—Jens
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