Made Makefiles suitable for gmake on FreeBSD.

Makefile

@@ -15,20 +15,20 @@ endif
 
 # Build the libs.
 all :
-	$(Q)make -C third_party/minizip
-	$(Q)make -C src
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C third_party/minizip
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C src
 
 # Build the example programs.
 examples :
-	$(Q)make -C examples
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C examples
 
 # Clean src and test directories.
 clean :
-	$(Q)make clean -C src
-	$(Q)make clean -C test/unit
-	$(Q)make clean -C test/functional/src
-	$(Q)make clean -C examples
-	$(Q)make clean -C third_party/minizip
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) clean -C src
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) clean -C test/unit
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) clean -C test/functional/src
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) clean -C examples
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) clean -C third_party/minizip
 	$(Q)rm -rf docs/html
 	$(Q)rm -rf test/functional/__pycache__
 	$(Q)rm -f  test/functional/*.pyc
@@ -36,28 +36,28 @@ clean :
 
 # Run the unit tests.
 test : all test_functional test_unit
-	$(Q)make test -C test/unit
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) test -C test/unit
 
 # Run the functional tests.
 test_functional : all
-	$(Q)make -C test/functional/src
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C test/functional/src
 	$(Q)py.test test/functional -v
 
 # Run all tests.
 test_unit :
 	@echo "Compiling unit tests ..."
-	$(Q)make -C third_party/minizip
-	$(Q)make -C src test_lib
-	$(Q)make -C test/unit test
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C third_party/minizip
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C src test_lib
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C test/unit test
 
 # Test the functional test exes with valgrind.
 test_valgrind : all
-	$(Q)make -C test/functional/src test_valgrind
-	$(Q)make -C examples test_valgrind
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C test/functional/src test_valgrind
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C examples test_valgrind
 
 # Minimal target for quick compile without creating the libs.
 test_compile :
-	$(Q)make -C src	test_compile
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C src	test_compile
 
 # Indent the source files with the .indent.pro settings.
 indent:
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ tags:
 
 # Build the doxygen docs.
 docs:
-	$(Q)make -C docs
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C docs
 
 # Simple minded install.
 install:

docs/src/getting_started.dox

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 Here are some instructions to get you up and running with the libxlsxwriter
 library on a Unix system.
 
+For FreeBSD use `gmake` instead of `make`.
+
 For Windows see the @ref faq "FAQ".
 
 

docs/src/mainpage.dox

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ features such as:
 - FreeBSD @ref license
 - ANSI C
 - Works with GCC 4.4, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, tcc and clang
-- Works on Linux and OS X.
+- Works on Linux, FreeBSD and OS X.
 - The only dependency is on `zlib`
 
 This document explains how to use the libxlsxwriter library. See the

test/functional/src/Makefile

@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ LIBS = $(LIBXLSXWRITER) -lz
 all : $(LIBXLSXWRITER) $(EXES)
 
 $(LIBXLSXWRITER):
-	$(Q)make -C ../../../third_party/minizip
-	$(Q)make -C ../../../src
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C ../../../third_party/minizip
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C ../../../src
 
 clean :
 	$(Q)rm -f $(EXES)

test/unit/Makefile

@@ -52,30 +52,30 @@ LIBS_O = -lpthread -lz
 
 # House-keeping build targets.
 all :
-	$(Q)make -C utility
-	$(Q)make -C xmlwriter
-	$(Q)make -C worksheet
-	$(Q)make -C sst
-	$(Q)make -C workbook
-	$(Q)make -C app
-	$(Q)make -C content_types
-	$(Q)make -C core
-	$(Q)make -C relationships
-	$(Q)make -C styles
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C utility
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C xmlwriter
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C worksheet
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C sst
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C workbook
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C app
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C content_types
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C core
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C relationships
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C styles
 # END make all
 
 clean :
 	$(Q)rm -f $(TESTS) test_all
-	$(Q)make clean -C utility
-	$(Q)make clean -C xmlwriter
-	$(Q)make clean -C worksheet
-	$(Q)make clean -C sst
-	$(Q)make clean -C workbook
-	$(Q)make clean -C app
-	$(Q)make clean -C content_types
-	$(Q)make clean -C core
-	$(Q)make clean -C relationships
-	$(Q)make clean -C styles
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) clean -C utility
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) clean -C xmlwriter
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) clean -C worksheet
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) clean -C sst
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) clean -C workbook
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) clean -C app
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) clean -C content_types
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) clean -C core
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) clean -C relationships
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) clean -C styles
 # END make clean