On Saturday 04 April 2009 12:35:08 Reuben Thomas wrote: > On Sat, 4 Apr 2009, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > * Reuben Thomas wrote on Sat, Apr 04, 2009 at 01:44:48PM CEST: > >> I would imagine an AC_MAKE_GNU (or somesuch) that looks at make's help > >> output, then tries gmake (and gnumake?) if make is not GNU Make. > >> > >> Oh, and I've just found "check_gnu_make.m4" in autoconf-archive. > > > > Ah, I didn't know this macro before. > > > > You'd still have to convince the user to actually use the GNU make that > > was found though. > > Yes, I hadn't thought that of course "make" is the one command that one > actually types that is not under the control of configure. Drat.
maybe use GNUmakefile.am rather than Makefile.am ? and then keep a dummy Makefile around that merely says "hey sucka, GNU-make only!" and/or just re- run the specified command as gmake ... -mike
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