From: Eric Wong <e@80x24.org>
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2019 02:41:22 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: INSTALL: note that we prefer GNU make
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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 a661c776..f7e5999e 100644
--- 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
-        make
+        make # GNU make is preferred, `gmake' on BSD systems
         make test
         make install # root permissions may be needed