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| author | Ben Pfaff <blp@nicira.com> | 2013-03-07 12:50:57 -0800 |
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| committer | Ben Pfaff <blp@nicira.com> | 2013-04-15 09:09:46 -0700 |
| commit | 380b39f729a8ebcf1c31e8c08bc721000e7ff89e (patch) | |
| tree | 6c1a81611cf88709e6eabe7453ae4bc3f6c0b2cd /INSTALL | |
| parent | c65501ca4900cceeb8dc303174b53b704a6f5f0d (diff) | |
| download | openvswitch-380b39f729a8ebcf1c31e8c08bc721000e7ff89e.tar.gz | |
INSTALL: Admit that only GNU make works.
I promised some time ago to take a look at fixing the behavior of the
Makefiles with non-GNU make, but it doesn't realistically seem that I will.
CC: Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org>
Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <blp@nicira.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'INSTALL')
| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL | 11 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Build Requirements To compile the userspace programs in the Open vSwitch distribution, you will need the following software: - - A make program, e.g. GNU make. BSD make should also work. + - GNU make. - The GNU C compiler. We generally test with version 4.1, 4.2, or 4.3. @@ -192,15 +192,16 @@ Prerequisites section, follow the procedure below to build. additional environment variables. For a full list, invoke configure with the --help option. -3. Run make in the top source directory: +3. Run GNU make in the top source directory, e.g.: % make - On FreeBSD you may need to use GNU make (gmake) or NetBSD make - (bmake) instead of the native make. + or if GNU make is installed as "gmake": + + % gmake For improved warnings if you installed "sparse" (see - "Prerequisites"), add C=1 to the "make" command line. + "Prerequisites"), add C=1 to the command line. 4. Consider running the testsuite. Refer to "Running the Testsuite" below, for instructions. |