Re: Is there some option to make all targets phony?

[Paul Smith]

Quoting Stephan Beal <address@hidden>:
> On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 7:39 PM, John Calcote <address@hidden>wrote:
> > Also, you might want to swap out "@make" in your makefile for "$(MAKE)",
> > like this:
> >
> > api:
> >        $(MAKE) -C DIR1 $(MAKEFLAGS) api
>
> i was under the impression (incorrectly?) that one of the advantages of
> using $(MAKE) was to pass on flags. i.e. does $(MAKEFLAGS) not implicitly
> get passed on via $(MAKE)?

You should never use "make" when invoking a recursive make (I suppose  
there might be legitimate reasons to do so but they are very rare).   
You should always and only use the variable $(MAKE).

You should definitely never use $(MAKEFLAGS) in a recipe like this.   
$(MAKEFLAGS) is designed to be passed to sub-makes _through the  
environment_, NOT via the command line.

Using $(MAKEFLAGS) on the command line WILL break if you invoke make  
with the proper sorts of command line arguments (in particular  
variable assignments that contain whitespace and other shell  
metacharacters).

Just write:

api:
        $(MAKE) -C DIR1 api

Cheers!