Re: LYNX-DEV Problem with makefile in 271ac0100

[T.E.Dickey]

> I've discovered a glitch in the makefile supplied with Lynx 2.7.1ac-0.100.
> I don't think this problem affects 0.98, but I may be mistaken.  The
> problem - makefile (makefile.in, actually) currently contains instructions
> that look like this:
> 
> all lynx:
>       cd WWW/Library/unix && $(MAKE) CC="$(CC)" \
>               LY_CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS)"
>               CPPFLAGS="$(CPPFLAGS)" \
>               LYFLAGS="$(SITE_LYDEFS)"
> 
> That causes the CPPFLAGS and SITE_LYDEFS to -NOT- get passed on for
> building libwww, due to the lack of a backslash after LY_CFLAGS is passed.
> That could be a problem.  The solution to this is simple: put it back in.
huh (it did build -- because the flags are duplicated in the lower-level,
but didn't inherit as I intended).  will fix in the
morning (connections to slcc in the evening aren't fast).

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Thomas E. Dickey
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