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INSTALL: Admit that only GNU make works.

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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>
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Ben Pfaff 2013-03-07 12:50:57 -08:00
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@ -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.