If you really feel that way then you will have to ask the OpenGroup people to fix the UNIX Shell and Utilities part, because they seem to have included a specification of make.
> GNU and BSD are common variants, and aren't 100% compatible.
Irrelevant. UNIX specifies an interface. It matters nothing if some implementation added their extensions.
> For my uses, make offers nothing of value (...)
That's perfectly fine. Just install just in your machines and work on your personal projects as you see fit.
If on the other hand you intend to distribute something you work on, using make ensures that those using specific target platforms don't need to install extra software because it already ships preinstalled.
If you really feel that way then you will have to ask the OpenGroup people to fix the UNIX Shell and Utilities part, because they seem to have included a specification of make.
https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695299/utilities/ma...
> For starters, which make?
The interface specified in the standard.
> GNU and BSD are common variants, and aren't 100% compatible.
Irrelevant. UNIX specifies an interface. It matters nothing if some implementation added their extensions.
> For my uses, make offers nothing of value (...)
That's perfectly fine. Just install just in your machines and work on your personal projects as you see fit.
If on the other hand you intend to distribute something you work on, using make ensures that those using specific target platforms don't need to install extra software because it already ships preinstalled.