Subject: bug#54020: Impossible to pass `-no-suppress` to `libtool` via automake files

From: Mike Frysinger <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2022 02:28:14 -0500

On 23 Feb 2022 01:12, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> my inclination is to introduce two new variables that would be used for libtool
> & non-libtool, and only when compiling.
> * xxx_COMPILE: to provide parity with existing xxx_LINK setting -- override
>   the compiler on a per-program basis
> * xxx_COMPILEFLAGS: appended only to compile calls so it can override all the
>   variables that are shared with other commands

having glanced through the implementation a bit, i don't know that i'll try
to implement this myself, at least any time soon.  this is heavily in the
perl side of things, and i'm not really versed in it.
-mike