Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!gatech!udel!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!jl42+ From: jl42+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jay Mathew Libove) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix Subject: Re: SCO Xenix make(1) lacks MFLAGS Message-ID: Date: 9 Oct 88 19:24:49 GMT References: <164@libove.UUCP>, <1988Oct6.193227.15140@ateng.ateng.com> Organization: Carnegie Mellon Lines: 22 In-Reply-To: <1988Oct6.193227.15140@ateng.ateng.com> chip@ateng.ateng.com (Chip Salzenberg) writes: > According to root@libove.UUCP (Jay M. Libove): > >On SCO Xenix 2.2.1, the development system 2.2.1 /bin/make program lacks > >the Berkeley "MFLAGS" macro; from looking through a SysV manual it > >appears that all SysV's lack this... > > Xenxi make has "MAKEFLAGS". No hyphen, but it works. > > submake: > cd subdir; $(MAKE) -$(MAKEFLAGS) > > -- > Chip Salzenberg or > A T Engineering Me? Speak for my company? Surely you jest! > Beware of programmers carrying screwdrivers. MAKEFLAGS doesn't work right, doesn't contain the right information. Jay Libove ARPA: jl42@andrew.cmu.edu, libove@cs.cmu.edu 5731 Centre Avenue, Apt 3 BITNET: jl42@andrew Pittsburgh, PA 15206 UUCP: uunet!nfsun!libove!libove (412) 362-8983 UUCP: psuvax1!pitt!darth!libove!libove