"gmake" is not on OS X, though the default make *is* GNU make.  Better
to (a) look for gmake, and (b) test the make command if gmake is not
available to see if it's GNU make.  Something like "make --version |
grep GNU >/dev/null" should be sufficient to set the exit status
properly.

Bill

> Do all (major) Linux distributions include 'gmake' (probably just a
> symbolic link to 'make')? I intend to start using 'gmake' instead of
> 'make' in the install-plucker script to make it possible to run the
> script on systems where the standard 'make' isn't the GNU version,
> e.g. on NetBSD.

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