Re: Compiling Make requires Make

Paul Smith <[email protected]> Tue, 03 Mar 2026 09:49:35 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnu.make.bugs
Organization GNU's Not UNIX!
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Tue, 2026-03-03 at 08:27 +0000, Mustafa wrote:
> I think this doesn't make sense since the user don't have Make.

This is not true.  Please check the README file:

> If you need to build GNU Make and have no other 'make' program to
> use, you can use the shell script 'build.sh' instead.  To do this,
> first run 'configure' as described in INSTALL.  Then, instead of
> typing 'make' to build the program, type 'sh build.sh'.  This will
> compile the program in the current directory.  Then you will have a
> 'make' program that you can use for './make install', or whatever
> else.

Cheers!