What is GAR?
The machine gar.lnx-bbc.com was our old development box and build system. GAR is also the name of our software build toolset. Common backronyms we’ve seen include “GAR Are Recursive” and “Gmake Autobuild Runtime”. It is a system similar in function (and nearly identical in purpose) to the BSD ports system. It is a set of Makefiles that we use to compile all of the software in the BBC and turn them into an ISO9660 CD-ROM image file. The term “GAR” has many definitions, but it is most commonly used by us as an expression of frustration or in the context of the GAR system.
