Re: Problem with implicit rule for .o files and overriding of CXXFLAGS.

[Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>]

Le Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 03:09:28PM +0000, Yavor Doganov a écrit :
> ?? Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:14:44 +0900, Charles Plessy ????????????:
> 
> >   When a Debian binary package is
> >   built, variables such as {{{CFLAGS}}}, {{{CXXFLAGS}}},
> >   {{{CPPFLAGS}}},... are set in the environnement and override the ones
> >   in the {{{Makefile}}}.
> 
> That's not entirely true and not entirely false.  It's closer to being
> false, though.  Environment variables do not override the ones explicitly 
> set in the makefile (or on the command line), unless you do `make -e'.

Thanks for the clarification. Would the following be better?

  When a Debian binary package is built, variables such as {{{CFLAGS}}},
  {{{CXXFLAGS}}}, {{{CPPFLAGS}}},... are set by the Debian building system
  to override the ones in the {{{Makefile}}}.

> So If i were you I that patch would be only:
> 
> - OTHERFLAGS = -DVERSION="\"1.00\""
> + CPPFLAGS = -DVERSION="\"1.00\""

Adopted!

Have a nice day,

-- 
Charles