On 01/25/17 17:08, Eric Blake wrote: > On 01/25/17 16:58, Eric Blake wrote: >>> Do we really need ':='? >> I am following the GNU Make manual in order to avoid any future >> recursive errors. It will work with just "=" as well. > The problem is that local.mk is (for now) an automake source, and > automake doesn't support := because it is designed to create makefiles > portable to more than just GNU make. > > Maybe down the road automake will require GNU make, at which point we > can rely on GNU make-isms outside of maint.mk, but for now, we try to > limit the GNU make extensions to the stuff that doesn't impact automake. > I am sorry, I was not aware of this. Keeping things portable is important. I will just replace ":=" with "=" and send the updated patch.
Manolis
