RE: How to pass a group of COMPILER OPTIONS using GNU Make Command Line under WINDOWS

[Partha None]

 Hello Paul and Eli,
 
Thank you for all the help.
 
As Paul said, once I remove the $(KEFLAGS) from the Root MAKEFILE, everything works as expected.
 
Regards
Partha
 
> Subject: RE: How to pass a group of COMPILER OPTIONS using GNU Make Command Line under WINDOWS
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> Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 13:34:52 -0400
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> On Mon, 2010-10-11 at 14:18 +0000, Partha None wrote:
> > I am confused about not passing $(MAKEFLAGS) to the invoked
> > sub-makefile.
> > I need to pass that because I wanted to pass all the parameters of the
> > COMMAND LINE to the invoked sub-makefile which I am calling from the
> > root MAKEFILE.
> > So, why are you saying to remove $(MAKEFLAGS)?
>
> Hi Partha; please keep all discussion on the mailing lists, thanks!
>
> I explained the answers to your questions in my original reply:
>
> > Using the variable $(MAKE) in your rule is enough. All the command line
> > flags are transmitted to sub-makes through a special method make uses,
> > which ensures proper quoting etc. Trying to do it yourself, as you're
> > doing here, is almost certainly doomed to fail.
>
> By "flags" above I mean not only make options but also variable
> assignments on the command line.
>
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