Re: Debian policy recommended snippet prevents building packages from external Makefile

2016-04-18 Thread Emmanuel Kasper
On 04/14/2016 03:27 PM, Jakub Wilk wrote: > * Emmanuel Kasper , 2016-04-14, 13:29: >> in the Debian policy 4.9.1 we recommend to add build flags as such: >> >> MAKEFLAGS += -j$(NUMJOBS) >> >> and I guess most packages, like tar, will then call >> >> $(MAKE) $(MAKEFLAGS) > > You don't need to pa

Re: Debian policy recommended snippet prevents building packages from external Makefile

2016-04-14 Thread Jakub Wilk
* Emmanuel Kasper , 2016-04-14, 13:29: in the Debian policy 4.9.1 we recommend to add build flags as such: MAKEFLAGS += -j$(NUMJOBS) and I guess most packages, like tar, will then call $(MAKE) $(MAKEFLAGS) You don't need to pass $(MAKEFLAGS) here. And, as you noticed, you shouldn't, becaus