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GNU Make

Name	GNU make
Version	3.81-k2 (2017-11-12)
Vendor	Free Software Foundation
Author	Neil Russell (Original author) Paul Smith (maintainer)
Licence	GNU GPL v2 and GPL v3
WWW	https://www.gnu.org/software/make/

GNU Make (gmake) is a UNIX Make clone from the GNU project. It allows to define dependencies, handles macros very easily and is quite a flexible tool for many purposes.

Version

3.81-k2 (2017-11-12)
3.8.1-r3 (2009-09-28) - Ported by Andreas Buening.
4.2 (2016-05-22)

Publications

Robert Mecklenburg: Managing Projects with GNU Make, Third Edition - O'Reilly 2004, ISBN 0-596-00610-1

Links

GNU Make Manual

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-Also known as '''gmake''', GNU Make is a [[UNIX]] [[Make]] clone from the [[GNU]] project. It allows to define dependencies, handles macros very easily and is quite a flexible tool for many purposes. Was very popular as a free make like tool on OS/2 a few years back, but most users have gone to the better maintained and mostly compatible [[CMake]].
+{{Software
+|Picture=NA.png
+|Name=GNU make
+|Version=3.81-k2 (2017-11-12)
+|Vendor=[[Free Software Foundation]]
+|Author=Neil Russell (Original author)<br/>Paul Smith (maintainer)
+|Licence=GNU [[GPL v2]] and [[GPL v3]]
+|WWW=https://www.gnu.org/software/make/
+}}
+'''GNU Make''' (gmake) is a [[UNIX]] [[Make]] clone from the [[GNU]] project. It allows to define dependencies, handles macros very easily and is quite a flexible tool for many purposes.
 ==Version==
-* Last known version: GNU Make v4.2 (2016-05-22)
+* 3.81-k2 (2017-11-12)
-: This version will probably compile on OS/2 if you take the OS/2 specific changes from the version below.
+* 3.8.1-r3 (2009-09-28) - Ported by Andreas Buening.
-* Last known OS/2 binary: GNU Make v3.8.1-r3 (2009-09-28)
+* 4.2 (2016-05-22)
-: There are several older GNU MAKE versions available for  [http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/h-search.php?key=make- download at hobbes] that might be more appropriate if you are either compileing an older project ([[EMX]] project for instance) or need a better grade of adaptation to using \ in paths instead of /.
+==Publications==
+* Robert Mecklenburg: ''Managing Projects with GNU Make'', Third Edition - O'Reilly 2004, ISBN 0-596-00610-1
 ==Links==
-* [https://www.gnu.org/software/make/ GNU Make homepage]
+* [https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html GNU Make Manual]
-== Licence ==
-* Open source software released under the [[GPL v2]] and [[GPL v3]], it is based on the [[public domain]] make utility.
-==Author and publisher==
-* Neil Russell (Original author)
-* [[Free Software Foundation]] (Publisher)
-* Paul Smith (Current GNU Make maintainer)
-* Andreas Buening (Last known OS/2 port)
-[[Category:Software Configuration Management]]
+[[Category:Make]][[Category:GNU Software]][[Category:Software written in C]]
-[[Category:Open Source Software]]
-[[Category:Software written in C]]
-[[Category:Generic Unix Tools]]
-[[Category:DOS Tools]]
-[[Category:MS Windows Tools]]
-[[Category:Atari ST Tools]]
-[[Category:OS-9 Tools]]