Re: Problem using -R in MAKEFLAGS

[Philip Guenther]

On 11/1/06, Colm Aengus Murphy <address@hidden> wrote:
> I'm trying to to stop make using its built in rules.
> When I use make -R on the command line this works fine.
> However when I use MAKEFLAGS = R in the makefile it doesn't work.
> I use -d to see which rules are being checked.

You can't affect how make processes a makefile by setting MAKEFLAGS in
the makefile itself.  Currently, make sets all the built-in variables
and rules before parsing the makefile, and that can be tested by the
makefile itself, so changing it would create all sorts of problems.


Philip Guenther