Package: dmake (4.3-2)

make utility used to build OpenOffice.org

Dmake is a make utility similar to GNU make or the Workshop dmake.

This utility has an irregular syntax but is available for Linux, Solaris, and Win32 and other platforms. This version of dmake is a modified version of the original public domain dmake, and is used to build OpenOffice.org.

Dmake features:

  * support for portable makefiles
  * portable accross many platforms
  * significantly enhanced macro facilities
  * sophisticated inference algorithm supporting
    transitive closure over the inference graph
  * support for traversing the file sytem both
    during making of targets and during inference
  * %-meta rules for specifying rules to be used
    for inferring prerequisites
  * conditional macros
  * local rule macro variables
  * proper support for libraries
  * parallel making of targets on architectures
    that support it
  * attributed targets
  * text diversions
  * group recipes
  * supports MKS extended argument passing
    convention
  * directory caching
  * highly configurable