Re: gmake doesn't honor #! line

[Gabriel Zachmann]

On 1 Nov 2000 19:05:49 GMT, Hans-Bernhard Broeker <address@hidden> wrote:
> Gabriel Zachmann <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > It seems to me that gmake (3.79.1) doesn't honor the #! line
> > like other make's do, does it?
> 
> In what way would other make's (which of them?) "honor" a hashbang

make and pmake under SGI do that.
So that, when you write #!gmake -x -y
in the first line of your Makefile, and then execute 'make',
make will actually start gmake.
Or, when you write #!pmake -J
in the first line of your Makefile, and then execute 'pmake',
pmake will add -J to its "command line otions".

Why am I asking?

Because, at least under cygwin, it makes a difference
whether I write #!gmake -R
in the first line of the Makefile,
or whether I write 'MAKEFLAGS += R' in the Makefile.
With the latter, gmake seems to consider much more "built-in things"
then with the former.

Besides, why gmake *not* honor the #! ?
It wouldn't hurt, but it would certainly add flexibility.

Gab.

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