Re: building make, without make (?)

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: jamiil <address@hidden>
> Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2007 07:13:48 -0800
> 
> for that I need to have 'make', but this machine does not have the
> make program, after downloading it from the GNU' FTP site, I found out
> that I also have to build this program using 'make'.
> As you can see I am in a vicious circle, can anyone help me get out of
> it.

The file README that comes with the Make distribution says this near
its beginning:

    If you need to build GNU Make and have no other `make' program to use,
    you can use the shell script `build.sh' instead.  To do this, first run
    `configure' as described in INSTALL.  Then, instead of typing `make' to
    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.

As you see, you are not in the vicious circle.