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Has anyone been able to install LuaJIT v2 on FreeBSD AMD64(x64) without using Gmake (just freebsd-make)?

If so how?

When I attempt to use freebsd-make, LuaJIT doesn't build.

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Why do you constraint yourself to not using gmake? I understand the developers who want more portability than just to gmake, but not a user who don't accept to use prerequisites of the developers. Would you ask the same question for ant or bjam or a 3rd party library? – AProgrammer Dec 19 '11 at 16:08
@AProgrammer, because I don't want any GNU/GPL software on my server (which is the philosophy of FreeBSD). LuaJIT is under the MIT license, but by default - it used Gmake to build the software. Gmake is obviously GPL'ed. – JasonH Dec 19 '11 at 16:09
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If you want a OS without GPL software, don't use FreeBSD. They ship the OS with GCC and binutils. I don't understand the problem if you have now others very big GPL project installed. Anyway, the best option for your problem in my opinion is rewrite the makefile gmake->fbsd-make. It's not difficult. – Juan Francisco Cantero Hurtado Dec 19 '11 at 17:33

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You can deinstall gmake again after building luajit.

Another option would be to use luajit 1.x which builds with bsd make.

The Makefile is a GNU Makefile, you would have to rewrite the Makefile.

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Agreed. JasonH, while I respect your desire to minimize GPL, it's the LuaJIT project itself that is still GPL-ish (by using gmake). Unless you contribute a BSD-make-compatible makefile back to the project, you've already signed up for a hybrid license, so your philosophical stand is moot for this particular port. – Royce Williams Dec 20 '11 at 5:06
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You might want to use portmaster, there is an option to automatically install build dependancies from packages (ie. gmake) and than deinstall them right after installation finishes.

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