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Subject: Re: autoconfiscation -- questions about make usage
To: neroden@doctormoo.dyndns.org (Nathanael Nerode)
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 04:22:00 -0000
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> All right.  I'm doing a lot of makefile rewriting as part of my
> autoconfiscation of the top level directory.  I need to know what GNU make
> constructs I'm allowed to use.  Do I need to stick to
> lowest-common-denominator make?

You don't need to use "least common denominator", but ideally any
Posix-compliant make (e.g. BSD Make) should work.