Eric Blake wrote: > > This Makefile is so specialized that I think it can assume GNU make. > > Does anyone prefer not to do that? > > No complaint by me, although we might want to 'git mv {,GNU}Makefile' to > make the change obvious.
When a newbie looks whether there is a Makefile, he looks for 'Makefile'. I therefore find it preferable to not rename 'Makefile' to 'GNUmakefile', and instead add a comment such as "This Makefile assumes GNU make, git, and makeinfo for the documentation." Bruno -- In memoriam Sophie Scholl <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Scholl>