From: CRDGW2::CRDGW2::MRGATE::"SMTP::CRVAX.SRI.COM::RELAY-INFO-VAX" 23-MAY-1989 13:54 To: MRGATE::"ARISIA::EVERHART" Subj: MAKE/VMS 3.3 available on DECUS SPRING 89 VAX SIG Tape (and elsewhere) Message-Id: <8905231746.AA21020@crdgw1.ge.com> Received: From KL.SRI.COM by CRVAX.SRI.COM with TCP; Tue, 23 MAY 89 09:08:12 PDT Received: from cincom.umd.edu by KL.SRI.COM with TCP; Tue, 23 May 89 08:44:47 PDT Date: 23 May 89 11:39:00 EST From: "TODD AVEN" Subject: MAKE/VMS 3.3 available on DECUS SPRING 89 VAX SIG Tape (and elsewhere) To: "info-vax" Reply-To: "TODD AVEN" For those who have been looking for a version of MAKE which runs under VMS, or those who already had version 2 of MAKE/VMS (which had its share of bugs and misfeatures)... [drum roll] ... I finally managed to submit MAKE/VMS to the SIG tapes at the Spring DECUS symposia, so it will be coming out on the Spring 89 VAX SIG tape collection. I know that the tapes take a while to deliver, but I am in no way able to distribute the software myself, and it is too big to post. I know of one or two sites that have made MAKE/VMS available for FTP or LISTSERVing. I will send a tape to anyone who will make it available to others online (or the first volunteer for each net, anyway). To whet your appetite (or dispel your illusions, whichever), here is a synopsis of MAKE/VMS 3.3: o MAKE is primarily a selective rebuilding utility -- if you update one source module in your product, executing the MAKE command will rebuild all (and only those) products affected by the change in source code. o MAKE comes with a VMS HELP file (could use improvement) o MA/VMS uses standard DCL syntax (qualifiers and parameters) o MAKE/VMS has been revamped to allow it to swallow *huge* description files with *huge* continuation lines (it successfully rebuilt MATHLIB (from Innosoft, right Ned/Kevin?)) o MAKE/VMS supports source modules in CMS libraries and object modules in VMS Object Libraries. o MAKE/VMS allows you to choose between spawning the build procedure or executing it interactively. o MAKE/VMS allows you to specify multiple default rules for building a target so that you can reduce the number of explicit rules in your description file (MAKEFILE). o The default rules use an '*' wildcard which may appear anywhere in the file specification -- this enables you to work across several directories, for example. All this, and much more, for FREE! Todd Aven the Software Sweatshop 564 Laurelton Blvd. Long Beach, NY 11561 ------