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Re: [Automake-ng] [PATCH 8/8] [ng] general: "make -e" is not needed anym
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Stefano Lattarini |
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Re: [Automake-ng] [PATCH 8/8] [ng] general: "make -e" is not needed anymore |
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Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:51:49 +0100 |
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
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- Re: [Automake-ng] [PATCH 7/8] [ng] general: can override make macros on cmdline, Jim Meyering, 2012/01/20
- Re: [Automake-ng] [PATCH 7/8] [ng] general: can override make macros on cmdline, Stefano Lattarini, 2012/01/20
- [Automake-ng] [PATCH 8/8] [ng] general: "make -e" is not needed anymore, Stefano Lattarini, 2012/01/19
- Re: [Automake-ng] [PATCH 8/8] [ng] general: "make -e" is not needed anymore, Jim Meyering, 2012/01/20
- Re: [Automake-ng] [PATCH 8/8] [ng] general: "make -e" is not needed anymore,
Stefano Lattarini <=
- Re: [Automake-ng] More branches for Automake-NG, Stefano Lattarini, 2012/01/22