in reply to OT, sort of: "make" on OSX

You know, this reminds me, the first time I tried to install Linux (RedHat 5.2 or so, in January 1998) I somehow managed to install it without make. This was pre-RPM days but I was under the impression at the time that it wasn't possible to install any packages without compiling them (mistaken), and it wasn't possible to compile anything without make(1) (not mistaken). So I was very frustrated and deleted the partition after a few weeks. Sorry, that was even more OT than the parent.

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Re: Re: OT, sort of: "make" on OSX
by waswas-fng (Curate) on May 04, 2004 at 03:23 UTC
    You can compile anything you wish without make, it just saves time and does it in the right order (lol if told to). For instance:
    gcc -O2 -o zap2 zap2.c

    So if you can read the Makefile you can do all the steps to make the program yourself -- it just automates the stops of compiling, linking, striping etc. (yes -- zap2 the utmp/last/who/w login hide hack tool from the 1992 wayback machine =)


    -Waswas
      True indeed, but that's, well, evil.