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- Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
- Path: sparky!uunet!murphy!jpradley!jpr
- From: jpr@jpradley.jpr.com (Jean-Pierre Radley)
- Subject: Re: SCO make utility
- Organization: Unix in NYC
- Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 00:20:39 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Aug31.002039.23534@jpradley.jpr.com>
- Keywords: SCO make gcc
- References: <1992Aug27.092109.3138@hippo.ru.ac.za>
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- In article <1992Aug27.092109.3138@hippo.ru.ac.za> sprr@hippo.ru.ac.za (Mr R Rossouw) writes:
- >Is it possible to make a make utility without having the Development kit
- >for SCO unix. I have the source code for the newest make but don't have
- >a make utiltity to create it. I also am trying to install the gcc
- >compiler but am having no succes without make.
- >
- >I would appreciate any answers that can tell me what to do or point me
- >in a better direction for I have just started with Unix and might be a
- >asking a very stupid question!
-
- You could read the makefile that you have and just type in the commands,
- but since they undoubtedly involve compilation, and you say you don't have
- the Development kit, not having the make program is the least of your
- problem: you just can't make use of ANY source code without it.
-
- The make program is an automation of the steps required to accomplish a
- goal. In the case of source code, the goal is to compile binaries. But
- you have no compiler, so...
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