* configure.ac: Suggest './configure MAKE=gmake' in diagnostic.

This tends to work better than 'MAKE=gmake ./configure' if later
builds run config.status etc.

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b19428baa99..adc1768b0ce 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2014-03-27  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+        * configure.ac: Suggest './configure MAKE=gmake' in diagnostic.
+        This tends to work better than 'MAKE=gmake ./configure' if later
+        builds run config.status etc.
+
 2014-03-27  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
 
         * configure.ac: Require GNU make.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 73b385f28ca..e1d6fc249a4 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -665,8 +665,8 @@ if test "x$testval" != x; then
 else
   AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
   AC_MSG_ERROR([Building Emacs requires GNU make.
-If you have it installed under a name other than 'make',
-set the MAKE environment variable, and try again.])
+If you have it installed under another name, configure with 'MAKE=...'.
+For example, run './configure MAKE=gmake'.])
 fi