From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 872 invoked by alias); 19 Apr 2002 05:26:08 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gcc-prs-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-prs-owner@gcc.gnu.org Received: (qmail 839 invoked by uid 71); 19 Apr 2002 05:26:04 -0000 Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 22:26:00 -0000 Message-ID: <20020419052604.836.qmail@sources.redhat.com> To: pme@gcc.gnu.org Cc: gcc-prs@gcc.gnu.org, From: Phil Edwards Subject: Re: libstdc++/5095: broken $(MAKEFLAGS) Reply-To: Phil Edwards X-SW-Source: 2002-04/txt/msg00969.txt.bz2 List-Id: The following reply was made to PR libstdc++/5095; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Phil Edwards To: "Golubev I. N." Cc: gcc-gnats@gcc.gnu.org, gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org Subject: Re: libstdc++/5095: broken $(MAKEFLAGS) Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 01:17:23 -0400 On Sun, Apr 14, 2002 at 03:41:28PM +0000, Golubev I. N. wrote: > On Thu, 13 Dec 2001 18:32:00 (GMT) I wrote to gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org in > <01e43c18f42036-gin@mo.msk.ru>: > > > My apologies. That happens only if > > > > MAKEOVERRIDES = > > > > line is removed from `libstdc++-v3/Makefile', which does not normally > > happen with gcc. > > It should be displayed in list archive as a followup to original > report, but it looks like it is not. How do I ensure that in future? Make certain that gcc-gnats is in the To:/Cc: header, and that the PR number (libstdc++/5095) is in the Subject: header. Then it will be appended automatically. > The real problem is that "trying to override a makefile variable gets > tricky when recursing". Current gcc configuration scripts constantly > lack something essential for one's favorite system, and overriding > makefile variables is often required. Documenting ways to do it is > absolutely necessary. Unfortunately no two libraries are the same. Patches welcome. -- If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home and leave us in peace. We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen. - Samuel Adams