The following bug has been logged online:

Bug reference: 2844
Logged by: Jessica
Email address: hxq7681 (AT) rit (DOT) edu
PostgreSQL version: 8.2
Operating system: Unix
Description: gmake install fails
Details:

bash-3.00$ gmake install
gmake -C doc install
gmake[1]: Entering directory `/home/group/s772/p772-01f/pgsql/doc'
gmake[1]: Nothing to be done for `install'.
gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/home/group/s772/p772-01f/pgsql/doc'
gmake -C src install
gmake[1]: Entering directory `/home/group/s772/p772-01f/pgsql/src'
/bin/sh ../config/mkinstalldirs '/usr/local/pgsql/lib/pgxs/src'
mkdir /usr/local/pgsql
mkdir: Failed to make directory "/usr/local/pgsql"; Permission denied
mkdir /usr/local/pgsql/lib
mkdir: Failed to make directory "/usr/local/pgsql/lib"; No such file or
directory
mkdir /usr/local/pgsql/lib/pgxs
mkdir: Failed to make directory "/usr/local/pgsql/lib/pgxs"; No such file or
directory
mkdir /usr/local/pgsql/lib/pgxs/src
mkdir: Failed to make directory "/usr/local/pgsql/lib/pgxs/src"; No such
file or directory
gmake[1]: *** [installdirs-local] Error 2
gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/home/group/s772/p772-01f/pgsql/src'
gmake: *** [install] Error 2

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That's no bug of PostgreSQL or even gmake.
You have to execute the gmake install command as user root or use
destination directories you can write to as regular user.

Greetings,
Matthias

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