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Re: bootstrap fails with FreeBSD make


On Jan 28, 2001, Marc Espie <espie@schutzenberger.liafa.jussieu.fr> wrote:

> configure is stupid, that's a given :) This looks like something the end
> user would have to specify, with a reasonable default (look for MAKE in
> the environment, or search for the first make in PATH, or allow for
> --with-make= option, in that order).

The approach taken by automake is to test ${MAKE-make} within
configure.  It comes with a few problems, that users stumble across
every now and then for not specifying MAKE at configure time.  Not a
major problem, IMO, but something to be taken into account before
introducing yet another potential difficulty.

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