make와 gmake는 유사하나
Fedora Core 6 에서는 실질적으로 symbolic link로 연결이 되어있다.

# ll /usr/bin/*make
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      4 Feb 16 13:23 /usr/bin/gmake -> make
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 162204 Jul 13  2006 /usr/bin/make

[링크 : http://linux.die.net/man/1/gmake]
[링크 : http://linux.die.net/man/1/make]

shenzhen{bzhu}$ gmake -version
GNU Make version 3.71, by Richard Stallman and Roland McGrath.
Copyright (C) 1988, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

shenzhen{bzhu}$ make -version
GNU Make 3.80
Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

[링크 : http://www.unix.com/high-level-programming/29191-what-distinguish-between-gmake-make.html]

아무튼, 다르지만 실질적으로 같은 녀석이다.
Posted by 구차니