On Tue, 2 Mar 2004, Kevin P. Fleming wrote:
GNU software usually requires GNU make. If you don't already have gmake on your system, you'll need to install make-3.80 before proceeding.
This statement is not true. Proper GNU software does not normally require GNU make in order to configure, compile, and install, a package. GNU software may require GNU make in order to maintain a package. Any other behavior should be considered a bug in the Makefile.
Mea culpa... I've just seen far too many postings on various lists where people downloaded a package (all packages built with the autotools) and ran into problems when _not_ using GNU make.
So the OP's question implied that his make program was not able to handle autoconf's Makefile... does this mean that autoconf is at fault here?
