Your message dated Tue, 16 Feb 2016 12:29:09 -0800
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and subject line make: it would be nice to get -R behavior using a directive
inside a Makefile
has caused the Debian Bug report #620211,
regarding make: it would be nice to get -R behavior using a directive inside a
Makefile
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Package: make
Version: 3.81-5
Severity: wishlist
Please note I'm actually running my own compiled version of 3.82. I just find
the debian bug reporting interface a little too easy, and this is an upstream
wishlist item :)
The subject pretty much says it. What I do now is:
HAVE_NO_BUILTIN_VARIABLES_OPTION := $(shell echo $(MAKEFLAGS) | grep -e R)
ifndef HAVE_NO_BUILTIN_VARIABLES_OPTION
$(error This makefile requires use of the -R/--no-builtin-variables option)
endif
which forces users of the makefile to do it. But there should be a way to just
do this from with the Makefile. The implicit rules and default variable values
represent the cruft of a bygone era and aren't worth all the trouble and
confusion they cause. And they were an ironic and bad idea to begin with,
since by definition and convention firm enought to merit them is just
going to get put in somebodies IDE anyway: make is useful for the
strange stuff and the custom work.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.8
APT prefers oldstable
APT policy: (500, 'oldstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages make depends on:
ii libc6 2.7-18lenny7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
make recommends no packages.
Versions of packages make suggests:
pn make-doc <none> (no description available)
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forwarded 620211 https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?47170
thanks
Hi,
I have sent the upstream feature request onward. Since this is
not something that falls into the scope of a feature with a patch that
makes sense for Debian to carry, this will be addressed whenever it
makes into upstream. Given that, I am closing this report, since it
will be acted upon by the make upstream maintainers.
Fell free to re-open if you feel strongly that it should be open
in the Debian BTS.
manoj
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