http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.make.bugs/5015
* Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 10:55:48PM CEST:
Currently, 'make -n' only executes recipe commands prefixed with '+' or
containing one of the strings ${MAKE} or $(MAKE). Likewise, parallel
make hands the jobserver file
I think it's been reported here before, but I can't find the reference
now. Anyway, the ranlib example in the manual is wrong because it is
way too simplistic; try, e.g.,
make --no-print-directory FOO=bart
Below is a patch that might make the section less fitting for what it
was intended, but
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 21:34:25 +0100
From: Ralf Wildenhues ralf.wildenh...@gmx.de
You can write a conditional that tests @code{make} command flags such as
-@samp{-t} by using the variable @code{MAKEFLAGS} together with the
-@code{findstring} function
-(@pxref{Text Functions, , Functions
