Re: Using GNU Make

[Reuben Thomas]

On Tue, 7 Apr 2009, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:

> * Reuben Thomas wrote on Mon, Apr 06, 2009 at 10:38:55PM CEST:
> > On Mon, 6 Apr 2009, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> >
> > > What do you mean by "allow it to be required".  You can require it now
> > > for your package using autotools.
> >
> > Right, and my original question was to ask "how do I require GNU Make in
> > an autotoolised package?" I'm still don't see an "official" answer to
> > that question, only an autoconf archive macro.
>
> Oh, you expect an official answer or an official macro?

I was asking whether there is a macro that is already part of autotools. Or 
indeed, part of any other widely used package, and with the following:

> In fact, gnulib already has a "gnu-make" module that adds a conditional 
> which you can use to add GNU make-specific code.

I now have two answers: a macro in gnulib and a macro in autoconf-archive. 
Probably worth working out if the one in autoconf-archive is now redundant.

Thanks.

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