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

[Paul Smith]

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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