On Wed, 2008-04-16 at 13:51 -0300, Sérgio Durigan Júnior wrote: > Yes, it is a bug. What we want to know is if we should append $CFLAGS > to $BASECFLAGS (i.e., BASECFLAGS="$BASECFLAGS @CFLAGS@") or use *only* > $CFLAGS when the user provides it.
By convention and practice, the former (CFLAGS are ADDED TO the normal set of flags). Presumably any flags in BASECFLAGS are _needed_ to get the compilation to work, so overwriting them would make setting CFLAGS on the make command line not very useful... or at least difficult to use. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://make.mad-scientist.us "Please remain calm--I may be mad, but I am a professional."--Mad Scientist _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
