GNU bug report logs - #13349
Could we just assume support for make recursive variable expansion unconditionally?

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From: Bob Friesenhahn <bfriesen <at> simple.dallas.tx.us>
To: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 13349 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#13349: [IMPORTANT] Could we just assuming support for make recursive variable expansion unconditionally?
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 14:33:11 -0600 (CST)

On Thu, 3 Jan 2013, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
>>
>> It is a problem that MAKE is not mentioned in the standard
>> GNU INSTALL file, or in Automake's own INSTALL file.
>>
> The latter is not surprising, since Automake's INSTALL file is
> merely a copy of the generic GNU one.
>
>> If this variable was never mentioned by any instructional text,
>> users can't be expected to ever use it.
>>
> This makes sense?  Care to attempt a patch?  I'm not going to
> do it myself, I must admit.

If Automake-dependent packages are dependent on MAKE, then it seems 
that mention of MAKE should be added to the standard GNU INSTALL file 
(not just Automake's copy).

Previous to use by Automake in configure scripts, MAKE was an 
environment variable used for internal communication from a parent 
make process to a subordinate make process and set by make itself.

Bob
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Bob Friesenhahn
bfriesen <at> simple.dallas.tx.us, http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/
GraphicsMagick Maintainer,    http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/

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