RFR: JDK-8026528: [build] configure does not recognize newer make in cygwin

[Magnus Ihse Bursie]

On 2013-10-17 17:50, Erik Joelsson wrote:
> Please review this simple patch extending the recognized make versions 
> in configure to 4.0, which was recently released and is already 
> default in Cygwin. I also removed the version check in NewMakefile.gmk 
> since it seems redundant having already done it in configure. They 
> were also not in sync.

Actually, they are not redundant, and they were added on purpose.

The problem is that, while configure might find a good make, it is not 
always used to invoke the makefile. A common mistake is e.g. to forget 
to type "gmake" on a solaris system. If gmake is present, configure will 
find it and be happy, but if later on the makefiles are executed with 
another make, things might break (even before we get to the part were we 
start execute recursive makefiles, which is done by the make we located 
in configure).

So I'd ask you to restore that check and extend it to 4.0 instead.

/Magnus