Re: [Groff] MAKE_K_FLAG

[Werner LEMBERG]

> Pascal Stumpf drew my attention to the fact that the following line
> in the top-level Makefile.in is causing trouble:
> 
>   MAKE_K_FLAG=`case "$(MAKEFLAGS)" in *k*) echo ' -k ';; esac`
> 
> The problem is that *any* k character anywhere in MAKEFLAGS, for
> example coming from something like
> 
>   make ... FOO=k ...
> 
> is mistaken for a -k flag, forcing some parts of the build to ignore
> errors even when that is not desired, making errors harder to spot.
> [...]

I've sent a mail to Bruno Haible, but I haven't received a response
yet.


    Werner