From bd5365030e5c980389311dc2e752d694cde36c91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 10:47:00 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Add GNU make check to root Makefile

---
 Makefile | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f6350317..8bb41100 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+ifeq ($(origin MAKE_VERSION),undefined)
+  $(error GNU make is required. Please install GNU make and re-run.)
+endif
+
 .PHONY: all configure pkgs pre-stow quick stow
 
 MKFILE_PATH := $(shell dirname $(realpath $(firstword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))))

From 8efb51d8b1369769fc4cc4b9cbe87d4e36ccdcf3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 10:50:34 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Update progress on make version check

---
 Makefile | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8bb41100..5c62cc34 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 ifeq ($(origin MAKE_VERSION),undefined)
-  $(error GNU make is required. Please install GNU make and re-run.)
+  $(error GNU make >= 4 is required. Please install GNU make and re-run.)
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(shell [ "$(firstword $(subst ., ,$(MAKE_VERSION)))" -ge 4 ] && echo ok),)
+  $(error GNU make >= 4 is required. Found version $(MAKE_VERSION).)
 endif
 
 .PHONY: all configure pkgs pre-stow quick stow

From 2803ae1b075faba982a5268bd6a686c32da3597c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 10:52:35 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Enforce GNU make major version 4+ in root Makefile

---
 Makefile | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5c62cc34..5f4f24f6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 ifeq ($(origin MAKE_VERSION),undefined)
-  $(error GNU make >= 4 is required. Please install GNU make and re-run.)
+  $(error GNU make >= 4 is required. MAKE_VERSION is undefined, so GNU make may not be installed or in use. Run 'make --version' to verify.)
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(shell [ "$(firstword $(subst ., ,$(MAKE_VERSION)))" -ge 4 ] && echo ok),)
-  $(error GNU make >= 4 is required. Found version $(MAKE_VERSION).)
+MAKE_MAJOR := $(firstword $(subst ., ,$(MAKE_VERSION)))
+ifneq ($(filter 0 1 2 3,$(MAKE_MAJOR)),)
+  $(error GNU make >= 4 is required. Found version $(MAKE_VERSION). Run 'make --version' to check your current version.)
 endif
 
 .PHONY: all configure pkgs pre-stow quick stow