INSTALL: note that we prefer GNU make

ExtUtils::MakeMaker uses non-POSIX '::', at least; and
our own Documentation/include.mk and our postamble are
written for GNU make.

GNU make is also more widely-installed and available than any
other make; even if I'm not generally a fan of GNU-isms.

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index a661c77672ba1aa96315f8f7dd245dbf5bfca298..f7e5999edcfdc4651ef8ea833fe09cf25533ff9a 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ Once the dependencies are installed, you should be able to build and
 install the system (into /usr/local) with:
 
         perl Makefile.PL
 install the system (into /usr/local) with:
 
         perl Makefile.PL

-        make
+        make # GNU make is preferred, `gmake' on BSD systems

         make test
         make install # root permissions may be needed
 
         make test
         make install # root permissions may be needed