From dad7fd9d8915e1aea0d24158565b607a1d272a9b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Simon McVittie Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 12:27:09 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Document that GNU make is required In theory the Autotools build system supports any "make" implementation, but there are no regular contributors who test with BSD make, so the inevitable result is that only GNU make actually works (fd.o #48277). Apparently there's only one GNUism at the moment, which is fixable, but that means repeating ourselves a bit more. If we instead document that GNU make is required, we can simplify the Makefiles over time by using extensions like $(patsubst), leading to a less error-prone build system. Bug: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48277 Signed-off-by: Simon McVittie --- README | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README b/README index fd832ca..aea8330 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ Configuration dbus could be build by using autotools or cmake. When using autotools the configure step is initiated by running ./configure -with or without additional configuration flags. +with or without additional configuration flags. dbus requires GNU Make +(on BSD systems, this is typically called gmake) or a "make" implementation +with compatible extensions. When using cmake the configure step is initiated by running the cmake program with or without additional configuration flags. -- 1.8.3.1