Re: [Automake-ng] [PATCH 8/8] [ng] general: "make -e" is not needed anymore

[Stefano Lattarini]

On 01/20/2012 10:03 AM, Jim Meyering wrote:
> Stefano Lattarini wrote:
>> Now that we can assume macros redefined on the command line get
>> correctly passed down to sub-make invocations, there's not need
> 
> s/not/no/
> 
>> to prefer "FOO=bar make -e" over "make FOO=bar" in out testsuite.
> 
> s/out/our/
> 
>> In fact, "make -e" is brittle and unsafe, since it let *all* the
>> environment win over the macro definitions in the Makefiles; so,
>> since we are at it, let's prohibit the use of "make -e" altogether.
>>
>> * tests/README: Don't give advices about using "make -e" for
> 
> s/advices/advice/
> 
Consider all these blunders fixed.

Thanks,
  Stefano