Re: [Automake-ng] [PATCH 7/8] [ng] general: can override make macros on cmdline

[Jim Meyering]

Stefano Lattarini wrote:

> GNU make is smart enough to correctly pass the values of macros
> redefined on the command line to sub-make invocations.  So there's
> no need to document this usage as unportable, nor to avoid it in
> the testsuite, nor to provide the AM_MAKEFLAGS special variable
> as a workaround for the sake of lesser makes implementations.

s/makes/make/

> * Makefile.am (sc_tests_make_without_am_makeflags): Removed.

s/ed/e/ ;-)

> (sc_tests_overriding_macros_on_cmdline): Likewise.
> (sc_tests_make_without_am_makeflags): New maintainer check,
> verifies hat AM_MAKEFLAGS is never used in test case, *.am
> fragments, automake generated rules, nor documentation.
> (syntax_check_rules): Adjust.
> * doc/automake.texi: Update.
> * automake.in: Likewise.
> * Some tests and various lib/am/*.am fragments: Likewise.
> * tests/remake-all-2.test: Remove.
> * tests/remake-subdir2.test: Likewise.
> * tests/list-of-tests.mk: Adjust.