19980914 snapshot make problem

[Mark Mitchell]

>>>>> "David" == David S Miller <davem@dm.cobaltmicro.com> writes:

    David> Isn't existance VPATH a good test?  Do other makes
    David> implement this feature in this way?

I've got no idea, frankly. :-(

    David> Actually, I just checked the glibc toplevel configure
    David> script and it has a make test.  It tests for having at
    David> least a certain minimal version of make but it seems to not
    David> test for GNU make specifically.

I really have no strong preference for *how* we do this; I'm no expert
on the peculiarities of the various makes in existence.  

If you think the glibc test is good enough, that's fine by me.  I
think we should do *someting*; a little investment here will save us a
lot of time in the long run.  I suggested --version because that
output can certainly be used to determine whether or not the thing is
GNU make, but I don't have any idea whether or not that's the best or
most efficient test.

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