Re: Hello, dear GNU MAKE maintainer

On Wed, Apr 29, 2026 at 4:02=E2=80=AFPM Pierre Rouleau <[email protected]=
om> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Apr 28, 2026 at 5:10=E2=80=AFPM =E8=83=A1=E7=8F=82=E8=B6=8A <huke=
[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> This is Correct.
>>
>> Keeyou.
>>
>>> If you don't want to build GNU Make by hand, and you are using Homebrew
>>> on your Mac, then just install the latest version of GNU Make that way.
>>> For example: https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/make
>
> As already mentioned, under macOS one alternative is to use Homebrew to i=
nstall GNU make.
>
> It might install it as gmake ...

The binary name should be just 'make' unless it was patched by
someone.  See Makefile.am at
<https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/make.git/tree/Makefile.am#n26>:

    bin_PROGRAMS =3D    make

Some other GNU programs use something like $(bin_prefix) to add a 'g'.
I think sed and awk use it to name the binary.  But that does not
appear to happen with make.  (The makefile recipe would use something
like '$(bin_prefix)make', and $(bin_prefix) would be empty or the
letter 'g').

> ... but you can either place the Homebrew directory ahead of /usr/bin
> (where Apple old make is located) or create a symlink to the Homebrew gma=
ke inside another
> of your directories that are placed ahead of /usr/bin in your PATH.
>
> That's what I used under macOS and that works fine.  No need to build it =
yourself.

Jeff