an argument of make(1)

[Joseph Koshy]

> hard to do.  Nowadays, with a great number of the changes having been crafted to
> change dependencies to FreeBSD-only tools, it's a real bear to port it.

If you are looking for a portable BSD-compatible make(1) you could try
the "portable"
version of NetBSD's make(1).   This is available at:

   http://www.crufty.net/help/sjg/bmake.html

There are a small number of differences between the languages accepted
by this make
and FreeBSD make, but for the most part they are compatible.

Koshy