Werner LEMBERG <w...@gnu.org> wrote: |> --- a/contrib/chem/Makefile.sub |> +++ b/contrib/chem/Makefile.sub |> @@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ MOSTLYCLEANADD=\ |> examples/README \ |> examples/122/README |> |> +RM=rm -f | |Bernd, are you aware that Steffen has done exactly the opposite in |commit efc407da104b7882a8139b7ba4b1e2909dfded76? Unfortunately, I no |longer can remember why he did the change (and there isn't an |explanation in the ChangeLog)...
It was not used consistently all across the codebase. .. And also i personally don't see the point in adding a make variable for a single program, whereas all others are fixed. So -- if you want to change the way program xy behaves, write a shell script that behaves the way you want and place it first in PATH=. |Note that `RM' should be rather defined once in a top-level Makefile |and not many times in the various `Makefile.sub' files. But that would also be a point of mine, otherwise. Have a nice rest weekend! --steffen
