Re: New virtual packages suggestion (make)

[Mr Stuart Lamble <sjlam1@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au>]

> The problem with this approach is that it breaks everything that assumes  
> that make is the GNU make - for instance, the kernel. And probably several  
> debian.rules files.

It would probably be a fair assumption to say that make, under Linux, is
GNU make: the average user would have this installed. I very much doubt
that anybody, except very serious developers, would have any other version
of make installed.

I don't believe that this sort of a change is necessary.

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