From: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 1995 18:15:35 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Add note wrt broken system makes--use build.sh.
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Add note wrt broken system makes--use build.sh.
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diff --git a/README.template b/README.template
index b60ed028..71f310ad 100644
--- a/README.template
+++ b/README.template
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ build the program, type `sh build.sh'.  This should compile the program
 in the current directory.  Then you will have a Make program that you can
 use for `make install', or whatever else.
 
+Some systems' Make programs are broken and cannot process the Makefile for
+GNU Make.  If you get errors from your system's Make when building GNU
+Make, try using `build.sh' instead.
+
 It has been reported that the XLC 1.2 compiler on AIX 3.2 is buggy such
 that if you compile make with `cc -O' on AIX 3.2, it will not work correctly.
 It is said that using `cc' without `-O' does work.