gmake and trace mode

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Feb 1, 2019, at 18:04, Joshua Root wrote:

> On 2019-2-2 10:16 , Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>> If the gmake port is installed, then ports that use make will fail in trace mode, unless the port declares a dependency on the gmake port.
> 
> That doesn't appear to be true in the general case (I just tried a
> couple ports that didn't fail). How do ports know to try gmake if it's
> being hidden by trace mode?

I've encountered it myself with another port. Maybe it's only cmake-using ports.