os-solaris/4120: ./configure aborts when ./Configure can't find "make" (while "gmake" exists - ie. gcc installed on machine but old sun "Language option not installed" still in effect)

[Filip Gieszczykiewicz <fi...@repairfaq.org>]

>Number:         4120
>Category:       os-solaris
>Synopsis:       ./configure aborts when ./Configure can't find "make" (while "gmake" exists - ie. gcc installed on machine but old sun "Language option not installed" still in effect)
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Mar 24 21:40:00 PST 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     filipg@repairfaq.org
>Organization:
apache
>Release:        1.3.6
>Environment:
Solaris 2.5.1 with no Sun c compiler but gcc 2.7.2.f.1 installed.
uname: SunOS corona 5.5.1 Generic_103640-12 sun4m sparc SUNW,SPARCstation-4
>Description:
./configure dumps:
./Configure: make: not found
 + adding selected modules
./helpers/TestCompile: make: not found
 + doing sanity check on compiler and options
** A test compilation with your Makefile configuration
[zap]
>How-To-Repeat:
Try configuring on a machine that has gcc installed but not as to replace the _not_ installed
sun C compiler. Hey, I inherited this mess and all I'm supposed to do is upgrade apache
(we have 1.1.3 now !!)
Note that configure echoes "+ setting C compiler to gcc" YET it still assumes that there is a "make" (instead of using "gmake" at least as a backup).
>Fix:
If "make" not found AND "+ setting C compiler to gcc" look for "gmake". On this
system, that change (actually a symbolic link gmake->make) fixes everything.
>Audit-Trail:
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