19980914 snapshot make problem

[Jeffrey A Law]

  In message < 199809161622.JAA09273@smtp.earthlink.net >you write:
  > Were it not for the fact that I don't have easy access to a non-GNU
  > make, I would try to write and test something like this:
  > 
  > check-gnu-make:
  > 	(expr `$(MAKE) --version` | grep GNU) || \
  > 	  (echo "You must use GNU Make to build GCC" && false)
  > 
  > Perhaps some shell-script/make portability expert could whip up
  > something suitable.  Then, we could have the top-level
  > bootstrap/default targets depend on this, which would greatly reduce
  > the number of times we see this FAQ.
That kind-of works...  One might consider taking the glibc check for
gnu-make tweaking it as needed, then adding it to egcs.

I certainly support adding the check!  

jeff