* doc/autoconf.texi (Macros and Submakes): Automake makefiles
provide AM_MAKEFLAGS to help with overriding macros in submake
invocations.
Prompted by bug report from Bruno Haible.
---
doc/autoconf.texi | 4 ++++
1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi
index 72ebde0..5a425d7 100644
--- a/doc/autoconf.texi
+++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
@@ -18106,6 +18106,10 @@ Macros and Submakes
You need to foresee all macros that a user might want to override if
you do that.
+Makefiles generated by @command{automake} expand @code{$(AM_MAKEFLAGS)}
+on the command line of submakes, which can be used for propagated overrides
+(@pxref{Subdirectories, , Automake, automake, @acronym{GNU} Automake}).
+
@node The Make Macro MAKEFLAGS
@section The Make Macro MAKEFLAGS
@cindex @code{MAKEFLAGS} and @command{make}
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