GNU make 4.2
I got GNU make 4.2 compiling under SAS/C.
I've done some initial testing with my usual projects and it seems to work nicely.
https://github.com/dmcoles/gnu_make_amiga/releases/tag/4.2-05032024
The latest version I've seen around before is 3.82 which is quite some years older.
Sadly they made some major restructuring in 4.3 and 4.4 which have made it
much more difficult to build those versions on SAS/C.
I haven't extensively tested it - so i'm not releasing it to the aminet yet but it seems to
work ok with my own projects. Please do feel free to feed back.
I considered rewriting EBuild with my new filter features on the framework for EEC but who would use a custom make replacement? It reeks of not-invented-here syndrome but what choices do we have? Meson requires Python 3.7, Ninja build is needed only for its intelligent thread-pools and requires a higher level construct like CMake or Build Ninja for common use, Jam is only used by Haiku and Perforce, what other build systems are there?
i've also now managed to get 4.4.1 building on SAS/C
Which you can download here:
https://github.com/dmcoles/gnu_make_amiga/releases/tag/4.41-06032024
Online Status
Just browsing through the git repo for gnu make and I notice that all Amiga support was removed from the code just after the 4.4.1 release about a year ago. So even if we manage to get the new build system in 4.3 working then we can at best get updates 4.3, 4.4 and 4.4.1 and then we would not be able to get any further updates without reinstating all of the removed code