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From: wolf@cadeta.UUCP (Wolf Herda)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Make bug?
Message-ID: <2388@cadeta.UUCP>
Date: 10 Feb 88 13:54:50 GMT
Organization: Autodesk Inc., Atlanta
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Has anyone been able to successfully use make using the MAKEFLAGS macro?
For example, consider the following makefile.

	|	foo:	foo.c
	|		$(MAKE) $(MAKEFLAGS) foo

When entering the make command, it gives the following error message.

	|	make b foo
	|	Make:  Don't know how to make b.  Stop.
	|	*** Error code 1
	|
	|	Stop.

It seems that the MAKEFLAGS macro is replaced with the 'b'.  If the command
is "make -n", then it tries to "make bn foo".

I think the SCO make has a bug, but before I call them, I thought I'd
see if anyone else is familar with this.  Comments, suggestions, ???
For what it is worth, I'm running Xenix-286 SysV release 2.2.1, using the
2.2 development system.

-- 
Wolf Herda
Autodesk, Atlanta
(404) 998-8095
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