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Dmake

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, Win32 and other platforms. It is used by the OpenOffice.org build system.

This version of dmake is a modified version of Dennis Vadura's GPL'ed dmake. The original sources were available on http://dmake.wticorp.com. As this site has not been reachable for some time the OpenOffice.org team adopted this utility and is continuing its development in OOo's Version Control System.

Added features in dmake:

  • smaller/greater arithmetic like:
    .IF 400<=200
  • Boolean expressions "or", "and" and nesting thereof:
    .IF (("$(OS)"=="MACOSX"&&"$(COM)"=="GCC")||"$(OS)"=="LINUX"||"$(OS)"=="SOLARIS") && "$(GUIBASE)"=="unx"
Those are only two examples, read the NEWS file (find links below) for more features and changes.

Note: Beside fixed bugs the dmake versions are downward compatible.

Previous version (4.3)

The OpenOffice.org sources up to version 2.0.2 ship with dmake version 4.3, the dmake sources can be found in the dmake directory. See the NEWS file for a summary of the changes in this version.

Documentation

The documentation for the dmake 4.3 version can be found in the dmake 4.3 man page.

Previous version (4.4)

OpenOffice.org 2.0.3 ships with the sources of dmake version 4.4. The sources can be found in the dmake directory or by downloading the stand-alone dmake 4.4 source package. More information can be found in the NEWS and ChangeLog files.

Documentation

The documentation for the dmake 4.4 version can be found in the dmake 4.4 man page.

Previous version (4.5)

Starting from milestone m174 and in the OpenOffice.org 2.0.4 release dmake version 4.5 is included in the OpenOffice.org sources. The dmake 4.5 sources can again be optained from the dmake subdirectory of the OpenOffice.org sources or by downloading the stand-alone dmake 4.5 source package. More information can be found in the NEWS and ChangeLog files.

Documentation

The documentation for the dmake 4.5 version can be found in the dmake 4.5 man page.

Stable version (4.6)

Starting from milestone m186 and in the OpenOffice.org 2.1 release dmake version 4.6 is included in the OpenOffice.org sources. The dmake 4.6 sources can again be optained from the dmake subdirectory of the OpenOffice.org sources or by downloading the stand-alone dmake 4.6 source package. More information can be found in the NEWS and ChangeLog files.

Documentation

The documentation for the dmake 4.6 version can be found in the dmake 4.6 man page.

Stable version (4.7)

Starting from milestone m200 up to m215 dmake version 4.7 is included in the OpenOffice.org sources. The dmake 4.7 sources can again be optained from the dmake subdirectory of the OpenOffice.org sources or by downloading the stand-alone dmake 4.7 source package. More information can be found in the NEWS and ChangeLog files.

Documentation

The documentation for the dmake 4.7 version can be found in the dmake 4.7 man page.

Stable version (4.8)

From milestone m216 to m218 dmake version 4.8 is included in the OpenOffice.org sources. The sources can again be optained from the dmake subdirectory of the OpenOffice.org sources or by downloading the stand-alone dmake 4.8 source package. More information can be found in the NEWS and ChangeLog files.

Documentation

The documentation for the dmake 4.8 version can be found in the dmake 4.8 man page.

Stable version (4.9)

From milestone m219 to m233 and in the OpenOffice.org 2.3 and 2.3.1 release dmake version 4.9 is included in the OpenOffice.org sources. The sources can again be optained from the dmake subdirectory of the OpenOffice.org sources or by downloading the stand-alone dmake 4.9 source package. More information can be found in the NEWS and ChangeLog files.

Documentation

The documentation for the dmake 4.9 version can be found in the dmake 4.9 man page.

Version (4.10) was skipped

This dmake version was skipped to avoid confusion with Version 4.1, patch level 0 which identified itself as "Version 4.10, PL 0".

Stable version (4.11)

From milestone m234 on dmake version 4.11 is included in the OpenOffice.org sources. The sources can again be optained from the dmake subdirectory of the OpenOffice.org sources or by downloading the stand-alone dmake 4.11 source package. More information can be found in the NEWS and ChangeLog files.

Documentation

The documentation for the dmake 4.11 version can be found in the dmake 4.11 man page.