From aff7aa6e14edeec27ae3745e2cfd52d5d54d4120 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David MacKenzie Date: Thu, 6 Oct 1994 19:28:49 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] warning about setting make variables on the command line --- autoconf.texi | 8 +++++--- doc/autoconf.texi | 8 +++++--- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/autoconf.texi b/autoconf.texi index 3826ed32..6c7f5780 100644 --- a/autoconf.texi +++ b/autoconf.texi @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ @set EDITION 1.121 @set VERSION 1.121 -@set UPDATED September 1994 +@set UPDATED October 1994 @iftex @finalout @@ -775,8 +775,10 @@ substitutions performed on them in @code{configure}. You can use If you run @code{make} on subdirectories, you should run it using the @code{make} variable @code{MAKE}. Most versions of @code{make} set @code{MAKE} to the name of the @code{make} program plus any options it -was given. However, some old versions do not set it. The following -macro allows you to use it even with those versions. +was given. (But many do not include in it the values of any variables +set on the command line, so those are not passed on.) Some old versions +of @code{make} do not set this variable. The following macro allows you +to use it even with those versions. @defmac AC_PROG_MAKE_SET @maindex PROG_MAKE_SET diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi index 3826ed32..6c7f5780 100644 --- a/doc/autoconf.texi +++ b/doc/autoconf.texi @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ @set EDITION 1.121 @set VERSION 1.121 -@set UPDATED September 1994 +@set UPDATED October 1994 @iftex @finalout @@ -775,8 +775,10 @@ substitutions performed on them in @code{configure}. You can use If you run @code{make} on subdirectories, you should run it using the @code{make} variable @code{MAKE}. Most versions of @code{make} set @code{MAKE} to the name of the @code{make} program plus any options it -was given. However, some old versions do not set it. The following -macro allows you to use it even with those versions. +was given. (But many do not include in it the values of any variables +set on the command line, so those are not passed on.) Some old versions +of @code{make} do not set this variable. The following macro allows you +to use it even with those versions. @defmac AC_PROG_MAKE_SET @maindex PROG_MAKE_SET