Re: CPPFLAGS prob

[Ralf Corsepius]

On Mon, 2004-06-14 at 17:28, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> Ralf Corsepius <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > On Fri, 2004-06-04 at 13:02, Patrick Welche wrote:
> >> automake by default pops
> >> 
> >> CPPFLAGS = @CPPFLAGS@
> >> 
> >> in Makefile.in
> >> 
> >> If I configure with:
> >> 
> >> ./configure LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/lib -Wl,-R/usr/local/lib" 
> >> CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include
> >> 
> >> Isn't it reasonable to expect for CPPFLAGS to be set in the Makefile?
> >> It appears blank in my case.
> > Could you try 
> > configure "LDFLAGS=...." "CPPFLAGS=...."
> >
> > or
> > configure 'LDFLAGS=.....' 'CPPFLAGS=....'
> 
> Those two commands are completely equivalent to the one above.
Theoretically, yes. But ... we're chasing bugs, ain't we?

Shell quoting had sooo often shown to be broken with some shells that
it's worth giving alternative quoting forms a try :-)

Ralf