Re: Missing update command

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: "Poon Fung" <address@hidden>
> Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 21:34:06 -0700
> 
> I try to compile the GNU make 3.78.1 downloaded form
> http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/make/. While running configure.bat in the source
> directory, I get the following error complaining 'update' is missing. Can
> you tell me where can I find the update command?

Unless you are trying to build the DJGPP (a.k.a. MS-DOS) port of
Make, you should not be running configure.bat.  Instead, read the
instructions in the file README.W32 and do what they say: that will
give you a native Windows port of Make.

> G:\tools\make-3.78.1>configure
> Configuring MAKE for DJGPP

See? it says "for DJGPP".

> 'update' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

update.exe is part of the DJGPP development toolkit.  It's an
emulation of the move-if-change shell script used in many GNU
packages.

But you don't need it for the Windows build of Make.