Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of kmk


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Nov 23, 2006, 9:19:46 PM (17 years ago)
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    1 {{{kmk}}} is the {{{make}}} program in [wiki:kBuild kBuild], e.g. it is what you invoke from the commandline or editor to perform the actual build. {{{kmk}}} is based on the latest [wiki:GNUmake GNU make] release, currently 3.81, but provides a bunch of additional features required by the [wiki:kBuild kBuild] makefile scripts.
     1{{{kmk}}} is the {{{make}}} program in [wiki:kBuild kBuild], e.g. it is what you invoke from the commandline or editor to perform the actual build. {{{kmk}}} is based on the latest [wiki:'GNU make'] release, currently 3.81, but provides a bunch of additional features required by the [wiki:kBuild kBuild] makefile scripts.
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    3 Why not use vanilla [wiki:GNUmake GNU make]? There are several reasons:
    4  * When [wiki:kBuild kBuild] was reborn using [wiki:GNUmake GNU make] (an earlier incarnation of the project was based on FreeBSD make) the 3.81 release was about 2 years ahead. [wiki:kBuild kBuild] relies on many features introduced after 3.80. Requiring 3.81 to be installed still isn't a viable option.
    5  * Be able to add new features without having trouble getting them accepted or having to wait 3-4 years until the next [wiki:GNUmake GNU make] version is released and makes it out to all the corners of the world.
     3Why not use vanilla [wiki:'GNU make']? There are several reasons:
     4 * When [wiki:kBuild kBuild] was reborn using [wiki:'GNU make'] (an earlier incarnation of the project was based on FreeBSD make) the 3.81 release was about 2 years ahead. [wiki:kBuild kBuild] relies on many features introduced after 3.80. Requiring 3.81 to be installed still isn't a viable option.
     5 * Be able to add new features without having trouble getting them accepted or having to wait 3-4 years until the next [wiki:'GNU make'] version is released and makes it out to all the corners of the world.
    66 * Be able to fix bugs fast, same reasoning as above.
    7  * Not having to require a specific, perhaps even unreleased, [wiki:GNUmake GNU make] version.
    8  * Not having to deal with missing features and bugs specific to various [wiki:GNUmake GNU make] versions and ports.
     7 * Not having to require a specific, perhaps even unreleased, [wiki:'GNU make'] version.
     8 * Not having to deal with missing features and bugs specific to various [wiki:'GNU make'] versions and ports.
    99 * Finally, because we can. :-)
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    11 The current {{{kmk}}} code contains the following changes from [wiki:GNUmake GNU make]:
     11The current {{{kmk}}} code contains the following changes from [wiki:'GNU make']:
    1212 * It has some extra predefined variables:
    1313   * {{{KMK_VERSION}}}