[Bug-make] ./make check failure installing make 3.79.1

[Geoff Alexander/Raleigh/IBM]

I get the following error from ./make check trying to install GNU make
3.79.1:

   The GNU load average checking code believes:
   ./loadavg
   Error getting load average: Permission denied
   make[2]: [check-loadavg] Error 1 (ignored)

Can I safely ignore this error?  Note that I can run ./loadavg from root,
but not from my id.  Do I need to install GNU make from root?

Thanks,
Geoff Alexander, Ph.D.
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Build Processing Teamlead, SDWB/BPS
IBM Corporation
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