8 files changed, 65 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/internal/rosa/llvm_test.go b/internal/rosa/llvm_test.go
index 29f2611c..bc017f3e 100644
--- a/internal/rosa/llvm_test.go
+++ b/internal/rosa/llvm_test.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestLLVMInputs(t *testing.T) {
-	const wantInputCount = 600
+	const wantInputCount = 614
 
 	_, llvm := rosa.MustLoad(rosa.H("llvm"))
 	var n int
diff --git a/internal/rosa/make.go b/internal/rosa/make.go
index f46780f5..bf0f3cea 100644
--- a/internal/rosa/make.go
+++ b/internal/rosa/make.go
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
-var _make = H("make")
+var (
+	_make      = H("make")
+	_makeEarly = H("make-early")
+)
 
 // MakeHelper wraps the make program and its surrounding build system.
 type MakeHelper struct {
@@ -37,6 +40,8 @@ type MakeHelper struct {
 	// Target triple, zero value is equivalent to the Rosa OS triple.
 	Build string
 
+	// Use the dependency-free [GenericHelper] make.
+	Early bool
 	// Extra make targets.
 	Make []string
 	// Whether to skip the check target.
@@ -53,15 +58,20 @@ var _ Helper = new(MakeHelper)
 
 // tools returns make and other optional dependencies.
 func (attr *MakeHelper) tools() P {
+	h := _make
+	if attr != nil && attr.Early {
+		h = _makeEarly
+	}
+
 	if attr == nil || !attr.OmitDefaults {
 		return P{
-			_make,
+			h,
 
 			_awk,
 			_coreutils,
 		}
 	}
-	return P{_make}
+	return P{h}
 }
 
 // inputs is a noop.
@@ -107,8 +117,8 @@ func (attr *MakeHelper) script(t Toolchain, name string) string {
 	target := t.triple()
 	if cross {
 		configure += `
-export CC='clang --target=` + target + ` --sysroot=/system/` + t.arch + `'
-export CXX='clang++ --target=` + target + ` --sysroot=/system/` + t.arch + `'
+export CC='clang --target=` + target + ` -isysroot=/system/` + t.arch + `'
+export CXX='clang++ --target=` + target + ` -isysroot=/system/` + t.arch + `'
 `
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/rosa/package/gnu.az b/internal/rosa/package/gnu.az
index e117173e..5481e1f0 100644
--- a/internal/rosa/package/gnu.az
+++ b/internal/rosa/package/gnu.az
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ test_disable '#!/bin/sh' tests/need-filename
 
 	toyboxEarly = true;
 	exec = make {
+		early = true;
 		defaults = false;
 	};
 }
diff --git a/internal/rosa/package/gzip/package.az b/internal/rosa/package/gzip/package.az
index 6c6b3b1f..94c67a89 100644
--- a/internal/rosa/package/gzip/package.az
+++ b/internal/rosa/package/gzip/package.az
@@ -10,8 +10,11 @@ package gzip {
 		compress = gzip;
 	};
 	patches = [ "late-include.patch" ];
+	toyboxEarly = true;
 
 	exec = make {
+		early = true;
+		defaults = false;
 		// dependency loop
 		check = nil;
 	};
diff --git a/internal/rosa/package/make.az b/internal/rosa/package/make.az
index 771bd20d..4aaf5736 100644
--- a/internal/rosa/package/make.az
+++ b/internal/rosa/package/make.az
@@ -1,26 +1,61 @@
-package make {
-	description = "a tool which controls the generation of executables and other non-source files";
-	website = "https://www.gnu.org/software/make";
-	anitya = 1877;
+package make-source {
+        description = "GNU make source tree";
+        exclude = true;
 
 	version# = "4.4.1";
-	source = remoteTar {
+	output = remoteTar {
 		url = "https://mirrors.kernel.org/gnu/make/make-"+version+".tar.gz";
 		checksum = "YS_B07ZcAy9PbaK5_vKGj64SrxO2VMpnMKfc9I0Q9IC1rn0RwOH7802pJoj2Mq4a";
 		compress = gzip;
 	};
+}
 
+package make-early {
+	description = "early, dependency-free build of make";
+	exclude = true;
+
+	source = make-source;
 	toyboxEarly = true;
 
 	exec = generic {
-		build = `/usr/src/make/configure \
+		build = `/usr/src/make-early/configure \
 	--prefix=/system \
-	--host= '`+triple+`' \
+	--host='`+triple+`' \
+	--target='`+triple+`' \
 	--build='`+hostTriple+`' \
 	--disable-dependency-tracking
 ./build.sh
 `;
 		// test suite wants perl
+		check = "";
+
 		install = "./make DESTDIR=/work install\n";
 	};
 }
+package make {
+	description = "a tool which controls the generation of executables and other non-source files";
+	website = "https://www.gnu.org/software/make";
+	anitya = 1877;
+
+	source = make-source;
+	toyboxEarly = true;
+
+	// GNU tar not yet available
+	writable = true;
+	early = `
+chmod +w tests/scripts/misc
+rm \
+	tests/scripts/misc/close_stdout \
+	tests/scripts/misc/general4
+`;
+
+	exec = make {
+		early = true;
+		defaults = false;
+	};
+
+	tools = [
+		perl,
+		gzip,
+	];
+}
diff --git a/internal/rosa/package/perl.az b/internal/rosa/package/perl.az
index 8d21c8ca..3009c75b 100644
--- a/internal/rosa/package/perl.az
+++ b/internal/rosa/package/perl.az
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ disable_test ext/POSIX/t/time.t
 
 	toyboxEarly = true;
 	exec = make {
+		early = true;
 		defaults = false;
 		chdir = false;
 
diff --git a/internal/rosa/package/toybox.az b/internal/rosa/package/toybox.az
index b90e08d2..720c736a 100644
--- a/internal/rosa/package/toybox.az
+++ b/internal/rosa/package/toybox.az
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ package toybox {
 	toyboxEarly = true;
 
 	exec = make {
+		early = true;
 		defaults = false;
 		chdir = false;
 
diff --git a/internal/rosa/state.go b/internal/rosa/state.go
index bda8d32e..e6d6e4a5 100644
--- a/internal/rosa/state.go
+++ b/internal/rosa/state.go
@@ -877,6 +877,7 @@ func (s *S) getFrame() azalea.Frame {
 				defaults, chdir, checkEarly := true, true, true
 				attr.Configure, attr.Check = []KV{}, []string{}
 				if err = args.Apply(map[unique.Handle[azalea.Ident]]any{
+					k("early"):         &attr.Early,
 					k("defaults"):      &defaults,
 					k("generate"):      &attr.Generate,
 					k("preMake"):       &attr.ScriptMakeEarly,