Re: Using GNU Make

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hello Reuben,

* Reuben Thomas wrote on Sat, Apr 04, 2009 at 02:01:15AM CEST:
> Is there a standard way to make an autotoolised build system require GNU  
> Make? I'm getting a bit fed up having to express everything in POSIX make 
> when most systems now seem to have GNU Make, even where it's not 
> installed as the default make.

In addition to Mike's suggestion:

Use some GNU make-specific construct in your Makefile.am over which all
others barf?  Now, barfing "nicely" might be a bit of a problem.

You could test '$MAKE --help' at configure time, but the problem is, few
users remember to use './configure MAKE=gmake && gmake', most just do
'./configure && gmake'.  You would teach them! :-)

Cheers,
Ralf