Re: [RFC/PATCH] build: avoid possible confusion between GNU/XPG4 make on Solaris

> Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> On a Solaris 10 system with Solaris XPG4 make installed as /usr/xpg4/bin/make,
>> GNU make installed as /usr/local/bin/make, and with /usr/local/bin appearing
>> in $PATH *before* /usr/xpg4/bin, I was seeing errors like this upon invoking
>> "make all":
> 
> After reading this explanation, my first reaction is that the prefixing of
> path _is_ what is wrong.  The prefixing is done to help a subset of
> Solaris users who are unaware of /usr/xpg4/bin that are more POSIX than
> what they have in /usr/bin, and that is what is hurting people like you
> who know what you are doing and have suitable tools in other places, like
> you do in /usr/local/bin.
> 
> And the real fix for your problem is _not_ an ugly override of $(MAKE)
> like you do in this patch, I think.  After all, somebody else who have a
> tool in /usr/local/bin that is saner than what is in /usr/xpg4/bin may
> suffer from the same issue for commands other than "make".
> 
> So the real solution would probably be to let you override how the
> BROKEN_PATH_FIX works, no?
> 
> Ah... and I think we already have such a solution in our Makefile.  Can't
> you override SANE_TOOL_PATH in your config.mak instead?
>