From e1c593016bd338f80ec7d4e06ca923e810612d3a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Roland McGrath Date: Wed, 4 Oct 1995 18:15:35 +0000 Subject: Add note wrt broken system makes--use build.sh. --- README.template | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) (limited to 'README.template') diff --git a/README.template b/README.template index b60ed02..71f310a 100644 --- a/README.template +++ b/README.template @@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ build the program, type `sh build.sh'. This should compile the program in the current directory. Then you will have a Make program that you can use for `make install', or whatever else. +Some systems' Make programs are broken and cannot process the Makefile for +GNU Make. If you get errors from your system's Make when building GNU +Make, try using `build.sh' instead. + It has been reported that the XLC 1.2 compiler on AIX 3.2 is buggy such that if you compile make with `cc -O' on AIX 3.2, it will not work correctly. It is said that using `cc' without `-O' does work. -- cgit v1.2.3