Consider creating a `require_make!` rake helper to retrieve a usable `make` executable and raise if no one can be found

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The following discussion from !12680 (merged) should be addressed:

Unrelated but we should consider extracting
      make = Gitlab::Utils.which('gmake') || Gitlab::Utils.which('make')

      abort "Couldn't find a 'make' binary" unless make
to a dedicated helper (e.g. require_make!).

Edited Sep 28, 2025 by 🤖 GitLab Bot 🤖

Consider creating a require_make! rake helper to retrieve a usable make executable and raise if no one can be found

Consider creating a `require_make!` rake helper to retrieve a usable `make` executable and raise if no one can be found