make vs. gmake

[John Tilp]

Joel Sherrill wrote:
> 
> Steven Grunza wrote:
> >
> > How can I be certain that gmake is called during builds instead of the
> > system's make?  That may be the source of my problems.
> 
> make --version
> 
> If it is GNU make, it will be obvious. :)
> 

If it isn't the GNU make:
  1) create a symbolic link named make that points to gmake.
  2) add the link's directory path to your PATH environment variable
     before the system's path.

-John Tilp