[R] R does not compile if make is not gmake

[Kurt Hornik]

>>>>> Christoph M Friedrich writes:

> Hi,
> if make and gmake are different on any machine (for example Solaris with
> gnu make as gmake), then compiling fails with gmake. 

> A small transcript follows. If i make a link from gmake to make as under
> linux, then it works.
> This problem exists in all versions of R.

> g77 -O2 -fPIC -c sslvrg.f -o sslvrg.o
> g77 -O2 -fPIC -c stxwx.f -o stxwx.o
> ../../../../bin/R SHLIB -o modreg.so bsplvd.o bvalue.o bvalus.o
> ksmooth.o loessc.o loessf.o ppr.o qsbart.o sbart.o sgram.o sinerp.o
> sslvrg.o stxwx.o
> Usage : make [ -f makefile ][ -K statefile ]... [ -d ][ -dd ][ -D ][ -DD
> ]
>              [ -e ][ -i ][ -k ][ -n ][ -p ][ -P ][ -q ][ -r ][ -s ][ -S
> ][ -t ]
>              [ -V ][ target... ][ macro=value... ]
> make: Fatal error: Unknown option `-w'
> gmake[4]: *** [modreg.so] Error 1
> gmake[4]: Leaving directory
> `/home/aal/chris/software/R-devel/src/library/modreg/src'

Where does the `-w' come from?  Maybe from `etc/Makeconf'?

-k
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