Re: Hello, dear GNU MAKE maintainer

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C compiler is a bit complex for me. I cannot architect a
compiler, neither frontend nor backend.

In the meantime GNU compiler collection is rolling fast from its regex
support if i remember correctly. Does a make program need a modern compiler=
?

Sincerely,

Keeyou.


On Tue, Apr 28, 2026 at 5:20=E2=80=AFPM Basile STARYNKEVITCH <
[email protected]> wrote:

> On Mon, 2026-04-27 at 07:30 +0800, James Hu wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> AS far as we know, apple's gnu make program is obsolete from i386
> architecture but cross-compiled to aarch64 and amd64.
>
> Any suggestions? VCR in text: https://github.com/hukeyue/yass/issues/158
>
>
>
> GNU make is free software. I guess you have access to some C compiler.
>
> Then you can download the tar ball of GNU make  (e.g. from
> https://www.artfiles.org/gnu.org/make/make-4.4.1.tar.gz ...)
> and compile GNU make from its source code (if I remember, you don't need
> any make utility since there is some shell script).
>
> Regards
>
> --
>
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>
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>C compiler=C2=A0is a bit complex for me.=C2=A0I canno=
t architect a compiler,=C2=A0neither=C2=A0frontend nor backend.</div><div><=
br></div><div>In the meantime GNU compiler collection is rolling fast from =
its regex support if i remember correctly. Does a make program need a moder=
n compiler?</div><div><br></div><div>Sincerely,</div><div><br></div><div>Ke=
eyou.</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_c=
ontainer"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Tue, Apr 28, 2026 at 5:2=
0=E2=80=AFPM Basile STARYNKEVITCH &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:basile@starynkevitc=
h.net">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=
=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rg=
b(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class=3D"msg-3596226184288294752"><di=
v><div>On Mon, 2026-04-27 at 07:30 +0800, James Hu wrote:</div><blockquote =
type=3D"cite" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:2px solid rgb(1=
14,159,207);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Hello,</div><div><br></=
div><div>AS far as we know, apple&#39;s gnu make program is obsolete from i=
386 architecture but cross-compiled to aarch64 and amd64.</div><div><br></d=
iv><div>Any suggestions? VCR in text: <a href=3D"https://github.com/hukeyue=
/yass/issues/158" target=3D"_blank">https://github.com/hukeyue/yass/issues/=
158</a></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>GNU make=
 is free software. I guess you have access to some C compiler.</div><div><b=
r></div><div>Then you can download the tar ball of GNU make =C2=A0(e.g. fro=
m=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.artfiles.org/gnu.org/make/make-4.4.1.tar.gz" =
target=3D"_blank">https://www.artfiles.org/gnu.org/make/make-4.4.1.tar.gz</=
a>=C2=A0...)</div><div>and compile GNU make from its source code (if I reme=
mber, you don&#39;t need any make utility since there is some shell script)=
.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards</div><div><span><pre>--

Basile STARYNKEVITCH                            &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:basil=
[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt;
8 rue de la Fa=C3=AFencerie                       <a href=3D"http://starynk=
evitch.net/Basile/" target=3D"_blank">http://starynkevitch.net/Basile/</a> =
=20
92340 Bourg-la-Reine                         <a href=3D"https://github.com/=
bstarynk" target=3D"_blank">https://github.com/bstarynk</a>
France                                <a href=3D"https://github.com/RefPerS=
ys/RefPerSys" target=3D"_blank">https://github.com/RefPerSys/RefPerSys</a>
                  <a href=3D"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0908-5250" target=
=3D"_blank">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0908-5250</a>
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