Feature #21554: Which `make` should be supported?

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[hsbt (Hiroshi SHIBATA)]

@nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada) tried to support the following make for prism dependencies:

• GNU make(gmake)
• BSD make(bsdmake)
• NetBSD make(bmake)
• NMAKE

But it's not complete with bmake now. I added gmake to our OpenBSD instance and use it for chkbuild failures.

@jeremyevans0 (Jeremy Evans) Is it ok to use gmake on OpenBSD?

And I propose defining the necessary make tools for building Ruby as gmake, bsdmake, and NMAKE.

[jeremyevans0 (Jeremy Evans)]

hsbt (Hiroshi SHIBATA) wrote:

@jeremyevans0 (Jeremy Evans) Is it ok to use gmake on OpenBSD?

I'm against requiring installation of gmake on OpenBSD. Ruby has historically built with both BSD make and GNU make. Prism has apparently built with both in the past. If Prism has made changes that broke building with BSD make, and it cannot be fixed to work with BSD make, the changes should be reverted, IMO.

[kddnewton (Kevin Newton)]

I wasn't aware that it wasn't working with BSD make. Is there something I can change to make sure it is working? I assumed Prism would work with BSD make, since we tested it out in the past.