Tom Lane wrote:
> Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> > Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >> gmake: *** [install] Segmentation fault
> 
> > Your make is buggy?
> 
> I'm not totally sure, but I think this is make reporting that install
> crashed.  Perhaps a corrupted install executable?

Turns out the cause was a buggy gmake that segment fauled on this:

	$(if $(ZIC),$(ZIC),./zic) -d ...

It affects at least gmake 3.78.1 but is fixed in at least version 3.81. 
I talked to Peter and it seemed easist to just simplify the gmake rules
and document the issue with a comment, attached.

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