Subj : Re: The MakeNl makefile for Amiga -- yes, it still exists!
To   : Bj”rn Felten
From : Wilfred van Velzen
Date : Fri Jul 27 2018 01:25:02

* Originally in MAKENL_NG
* Crossposted in SOFT_AMY

Hi,

On 2014-11-30 01:26:57, Bj”rn Felten wrote to All:
  about: "The MakeNl makefile for Amiga -- yes, it still exists!":

 BF> 1. Why is not the Amiga version of MakeNl supported any more? I guess
 BF> the answer to that is that all those @amiganet nodes does not care
 BF> about any Makenl?

I care about makenl. But I'm using the linux version to generate the AmigaNet 
nodelist.

 BF> 2. Just the same, Johan Billing and I spent a lot of time, ten years
 BF> ago, making our common MakeNl project compile on an Amiga using SAS.

I was not aware of that. At that time I was using nlmake on windows to generate 
the list.

 BF> But the makefile for it is no longer present among all the other
 BF> makefiles.

 BF> So, can "all" of you running an FTN node on an Amiga please tell me if
 BF> Johan and I spent all that effort in vain, or are there really any
 BF> proper Amiga systems out there?

There are a few nodes that run on an Amiga (afaik). I'm not aware of any of 
them using makenl to generate segments. They are very small segments so they 
are easally maintained with a text editor.

 BF> If you're interested, I can take it upon me to maintain the Amiga
 BF> version of MakeNl.

I'll forward it to AmigaNet, but I don't think there will be much interest.

 BF> If not, why don't you simply close down your precious @amiganet? ;)

Because we are not using MakeNL on the Amiga, we should close down AmigaNet? 
Strange suggestion! ;)

Bye, Wilfred.


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