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authorIan Lynagh <ian@well-typed.com>2013-06-09 19:24:45 +0100
committerIan Lynagh <ian@well-typed.com>2013-06-09 19:24:45 +0100
commit96eca81ab1da4a23d138bbed73700c4e8ac7812b (patch)
treef1f4a4eb37ec47886e51c489ce1b0c8ec2f58b36 /ghc.mk
parent22690c9900068b121863dc359b8c7699b453e70d (diff)
downloadhaskell-96eca81ab1da4a23d138bbed73700c4e8ac7812b.tar.gz
Change how we check that we have a suitable 'make'
We now check in the same way that the testsuite does.
Diffstat (limited to 'ghc.mk')
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diff --git a/ghc.mk b/ghc.mk
index f7dc832716..c604a9adeb 100644
--- a/ghc.mk
+++ b/ghc.mk
@@ -76,6 +76,23 @@
default : all
+
+##################################################
+# Check that we have a new enough 'make'
+
+HAVE_EVAL := NO
+$(eval HAVE_EVAL := YES)
+
+ifeq "$(HAVE_EVAL)" "NO"
+$(error Your make does not support eval. You need GNU make >= 3.81)
+endif
+
+ifeq "$(abspath /)" ""
+$(error Your make does not support abspath. You need GNU make >= 3.81)
+endif
+##################################################
+
+
# Catch make if it runs away into an infinite loop
ifeq "$(MAKE_RESTARTS)" ""
else ifeq "$(MAKE_RESTARTS)" "1"