--- /dev/null
+# Determine whether recent-enough GNU Make is being used.
+
+# Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
+# gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
+# with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
+
+# Written by Paul Eggert.
+
+# Set GNU_MAKE if we are using a recent-enough version of GNU make.
+
+# Use --version AND trailing junk, because SGI Make doesn't fail on --version.
+
+AC_DEFUN([gl_GNU_MAKE],
+[
+ AM_CONDITIONAL([GNU_MAKE],
+ [${MAKE-make} --version /cannot/make/this >/dev/null 2>&1])
+])