Re: Buildroot on OpenBSD

* Jeremy Grosser <jeremy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [0726 17:26]:
> That was the problem alright... I was using the OpenBSD make utility. Gotta 
> love how they manage to 
> break compatibility half the time. Thanks for the help.

As a nitpick, that's BSD make, which is a lot older than GNU make.
A *lot* of open source stuff only works with gmake.

The gumstix build system expects you to be on linux.

I tried the other day on freebsd and was pulling my hair out after 
half an hour - wierd flags to cp, and other quirks which I suspect are
down to /bin/sh being /bin/bash in 'compatiblity mode' rather than a real
Bourne shell on linux, etc.
Also the make system has a feature that somehow wallops any handmade
tweaks you make next time you configure the buildroot.

NB: I'm not slagging off gumstix here, it's just a fact of life and has
hit me with many other projects (mostly recently Xen).

I got bored and switched my laptop to ubuntu.
Be prepared for more hassles if you stick on a BSD.

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