On 9 Aug 1996, Mark Eichin wrote:
> > Well, the question is, why does it set the value to 'w' when debian.rules
> > calls the make, but not when I call make from the prompt?
>
> Because it's a subprocess of another make. Like the doc says:
>
> > Normally, you do not need to specify this option because `make' does
> >it for you: `-w' is turned on automatically when you use the `-C'
> >option, and in sub-`make's. `make' will not automatically turn on `-w'
> >if you also use `-s', which says to be silent, or if you use
> >`--no-print-directory' to explicitly disable it.
This is exactly what I needed to know. What docs? (I read the man page)
>
> Also, if you insist on passing the flags on the make command line, use
> MFLAGS, it works that way -- MAKEFLAGS is passed through the
> environment already, so using -$(MAKEFLAGS) is (1) redundant (2) wrong
> if there are no options already given...
>
I believe the make file comes with the upstream source. I can, of course,
modify it.
Thanks for all the help guys, I think I can take it from here ;-)
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