Re: Wrong order of preprocessor and compiler flags

[David A. Wheeler]

> On Mar 24, 2022, at 3:47 AM, Evgeny Grin <k...@narod.ru> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I've found that everywhere in autoconf scripts flags are used like:
> $CC -c $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext >&AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FD
> while automake and libtool use flags in the other order:
> $(CC) $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES) $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) 
> $(AM_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS)
> ...
> Usage of CPPFLAGS before CFLAGS looks logical for me, I think autoconf should 
> be fixed.

I don't have any special standing here, but I agree, that seems logical to me 
too.

--- David A. Wheeler