cgh018@rti.rti.org (Calvin Hayden ) (02/01/90)
Several years ago, we purchased the 'build' utility from AT&T. The tool
is an extension of their original 'make' utility. We have sense moved
most development to the use of 'nmake'; however, there are still several
projects tied to the use of 'build', and involving several hundred
makefiles -- no trivial task to convert these from build to nmake form.
The decision has been made to switch from our current environment (Vax
8600 running Sys V R2 V2) to Sun workstations. Of course, we do not have
source code for 'build.' The difference between make and build is that
build allows the concept of a software view through the use of Viewpaths.
Quick and dirty: build allows programmers to access a general project, and
overlay their own local changes, with the result residing in their
personal directory, and the changes not being seen by anyone else since
they were not made to the general project - only to the local copy (
allows programmers to share the same copy of the complete software yet
still permit individual changes and testing for each without changing the
original copy of the sw). Like I said - quick an dirty overview. Now for
the fun. I need to find out if someone out there has the equivalent to a
public domain build available with source, or if someone can point me to
someone or someplace that has the source to build (or a lookalike). Since
this will be read by some people within AT&T who are familiar with the
tool, maybe they can point me to someone I can contact within AT&T on the
possibility of purchasing source code for build (if it is still around).
Again in summary, I need the source for the AT&T tool 'build', or a very
close lookalike, or someone to contact concering said source.
Thanks in advance! Please email and I'll summarize if I get enough info.
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