I had an ersatz build server running on my website, hosted by Network Solutions.  Recently, I lost permissions to run make via PHP, presumably because of some silent server move or configuration change.  I have had problems with NS in the past, so this gives me another excuse to switch hosts.  Before I do that, though, can I expect other hosts to give me the luxury of running system commands like make?
Do shared hosting providers typically let users run make?
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