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


From: Jim Meyering
Subject: Re: [Automake-ng] [PATCH 8/8] [ng] general: "make -e" is not needed anymore
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:03:01 +0100

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/

> non-GNU make implementations.
> * doc/automake.texi: Likewise.
> * Makefile.am (sc_tests_no_make_e): New maintainer check.
> (sc_docs_no_make_e): Likewise.
> (syntax_check_rules): Add them.
> * Many tests: Adjust.
> ---



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