Makefiles make dependencies.

sossego

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This is more of a philosophical question.
Why are some files/applications dependent upon the GNUmake utility?
 
GNU make uses a different syntax for it's Makefiles, compared to BSD make. Thus, any applications that are developed primarily on Linux will have Makefiles using the GNU syntax. In order to use these Makefiles, one must use GNU make.
 
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