Install older version of gnu-make in Ubuntu 18.04

Question

I want to install make 3.81 on Ubuntu 18.04.

So I download this version of make and run ./configure and then make. But when compiling it gives me this error:

./glob/glob.c: In function ‘glob’:
./glob/glob.c:581:23: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘__alloca’; did you mean ‘alloca’? [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
       newp = (char *) __alloca (dirlen + 1);
                       ^~~~~~~~
                       alloca
./glob/glob.c:581:14: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size [-Wint-to-pointer-cast]
       newp = (char *) __alloca (dirlen + 1);
              ^
./glob/glob.c:709:15: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size [-Wint-to-pointer-cast]
        newp = (char *) __alloca (home_len + dirlen);
               ^
./glob/glob.c:732:15: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size [-Wint-to-pointer-cast]
        newp = (char *) __alloca (end_name - dirname);
               ^
./glob/glob.c:783:15: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size [-Wint-to-pointer-cast]
        newp = (char *) __alloca (home_len + rest_len + 1);
               ^
./glob/glob.c:814:11: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘__stat’; did you mean ‘__xstat’? [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
         : __stat (dirname, &st)) == 0
           ^~~~~~
           __xstat
./glob/glob.c: In function ‘glob_in_dir’:
./glob/glob.c:1256:21: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size [-Wint-to-pointer-cast]
    char *fullname = (char *) __alloca (dirlen + 1 + patlen + 1);
                     ^
./glob/glob.c:1283:12: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size [-Wint-to-pointer-cast]
    names = (struct globlink *) __alloca (sizeof (struct globlink));
            ^
./glob/glob.c:1341:32: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size [-Wint-to-pointer-cast]
         struct globlink *new = (struct globlink *)
                                ^
./glob/glob.c:1367:15: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size [-Wint-to-pointer-cast]
       names = (struct globlink *) __alloca (sizeof (struct globlink));

Same situation at building version 3.82. My current version of make is 4.1.

Is anybody know what could be wrong?

Thanks

EDIT:

glob/libglob.a(glob.o): In function `glob_in_dir':
/opt/make-3.81/glob/glob.c:1361: undefined reference to `__alloca'
/opt/make-3.81/glob/glob.c:1336: undefined reference to `__alloca'
/opt/make-3.81/glob/glob.c:1277: undefined reference to `__alloca'
/opt/make-3.81/glob/glob.c:1250: undefined reference to `__alloca'
glob/libglob.a(glob.o): In function `glob':
/opt/make-3.81/glob/glob.c:575: undefined reference to `__alloca'
glob/libglob.a(glob.o):/opt/make-3.81/glob/glob.c:726: more undefined references to `__alloca' follow
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
Makefile:410: recipe for target 'make' failed
make[2]: *** [make] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory '/opt/make-3.81'
Makefile:603: recipe for target 'all-recursive' failed
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/opt/make-3.81'
Makefile:326: recipe for target 'all' failed
make: *** [all] Error 2

You should ask this on the Ask Ubuntu stackexchange. While this is a build tool and sort of on topic, you might get a better response on install issues — scrappedcola
just a guess, but seems likely that you're not including the right set of .h files. Sorry, no idea comes to mind to move you forward. Search here and look at other [make] Qs? Good luck! — shellter
@scrappedcola Yeah I should ask there, don't know why it didn't comes to my mind :D — Rastlyn
These are just warnings. Do you actually get a compile error? Does the make executable get generated, or not? If it does, you're done, congratulations! If it doesn't, you'll have to show us the error messages that cause the compile to fail, not the warnings. — MadScientist
Solved by same question on AskUbuntu. Problem is described and solved in this discussion — Rastlyn

dceccon dceccon · Accepted Answer · 2018-10-30T12:37:14

You can try modify the glob.c file:

# if _GNU_GLOB_INTERFACE_VERSION == GLOB_INTERFACE_VERSION

to

# if _GNU_GLOB_INTERFACE_VERSION >= GLOB_INTERFACE_VERSION

For me it's work and i can build make 3.82

(credit: http://gnu-make.2324884.n4.nabble.com/undefined-reference-to-alloca-td18308.html)

Install older version of gnu-make in Ubuntu 18.04

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