On 2012-06-24 at 14:45 +0100, Jeremy Harris wrote: > On 2012-06-24 11:45, Phil Pennock wrote: > > This patch: > > > > http://patch-tracker.debian.org/patch/series/view/exim4/4.80-2/30_dontoverridecflags.dpatch > > causes Exim to conditionally set CFLAGS in OS/Makefile-Linux using ?= > > syntax. > > > > That seems eminently sane to me. Does anyone know a reason to not > > apply this to base? > > I'd suggest checking with builds on systems that might not use Gnu Make - > Solaris, HPUX, AIX &c.
This is OS/Makefile-Linux. We permit the -variant files to use system-specific Make syntax. For instance, OS/Makefile-FreeBSD uses ".ifdef" which with GNU Make would be spelt "ifdef". -Phil -- ## List details at https://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-dev Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ##
