David Boyce wrote: > Everything else aside, there's a profound difference between MAKEFLAGS=-r > and MAKEFLAGS+=-r. The latter is far less destabilizing.
At least the '-n' option does not get lost by MAKEFLAGS=-r. That is, setting MAKEFLAGS=-r and running 'make -n' does not cause the actions to be actually executed. > And yes, GNUMAKEFLAGS is definitely better for this use. But MAKEFLAGS+=-r or GNUMAKEFLAGS+=-r is not something one can use in a Makefile.am, since this is invalid syntax for a POSIX make program. Thus, for those who want to get rid of implicit rules because Automake provides the rules already, it's either MAKEFLAGS=-r or nothing at all. Bruno
