%% Boris Kolpackov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: bk> I read the following in "Communicating Options to sub-make":
bk> "You can also set `MAKEFLAGS' in a makefile, to specify additional bk> flags that should also be in effect for that makefile." bk> and also bk> "When `make' interprets the value of `MAKEFLAGS' (either from the bk> environment or from a makefile), it first prepends a hyphen if the bk> value does not already begin with one." bk> Which means that I should be able to say something like bk> MAKEFLAGS += -r bk> and all built-in implicit rules are gone. But that sounds too bk> good to be true - this line has no effect on current make. This is indeed a bug (IMO anyway), and has been for basically as long as make has been around. I thought there was even a bug in Savannah about this. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Find some GNU make tips at: http://www.gnu.org http://make.paulandlesley.org "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
