Re: more descriptive "make" message

[Lisa Parratt <lisa@...>]

On 12 Feb 2006, at 02:06, Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo wrote:

> >  Please choose a platform: ansi bsd generic linux macosx mingw  
> > posix solaris
> >
> > This doesn't tell me what to do next.
>
> Did you read INSTALL?

You're misunderstanding him. The point is that without any context,  
the response

"Please choose a platform: ansi bsd generic linux macosx mingw posix  
solaris"

to "make" is a non-sequitur. Better would be.

"You have not specified a valid platform. Please read the INSTALL file.

Syntax is:
make <platform>

Where platform is one of: ansi bsd generic linux macosx mingw posix  
solaris"

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Lisa