From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: MAKEINFO variable not honoured Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2011 09:50:59 +0100 Message-ID: References: <20110101.132151.306582047.wl@gnu.org> <20110103.093611.376233976.wl@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1294045090 4491 80.91.229.12 (3 Jan 2011 08:58:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2011 08:58:10 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Werner LEMBERG Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jan 03 09:58:06 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PZgEr-0003rf-Jh for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 03 Jan 2011 09:58:01 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45475 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PZgEq-0002kT-W5 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 03 Jan 2011 03:58:01 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=38844 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PZg8J-0008DE-B6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Jan 2011 03:51:18 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PZg87-0002cH-AH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Jan 2011 03:51:05 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.10]:55873) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PZg87-0002bt-54; Mon, 03 Jan 2011 03:51:03 -0500 Original-Received: from frontend1.mail.m-online.net (frontend1.mail.intern.m-online.net [192.168.8.180]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E8CB188A194; Mon, 3 Jan 2011 09:51:01 +0100 (CET) X-Auth-Info: N9+hImMPzKuFXXKu3TerDAiMWxbYojjK9CjXPUEDM1c= Original-Received: from linux.local (ppp-88-217-113-109.dynamic.mnet-online.de [88.217.113.109]) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 960A81C00192; Mon, 3 Jan 2011 09:51:01 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: by linux.local (Postfix, from userid 501) id BE1EF1E5323; Mon, 3 Jan 2011 09:51:00 +0100 (CET) X-Yow: I own seven-eighths of all the artists in downtown Burbank! In-Reply-To: <20110103.093611.376233976.wl@gnu.org> (Werner LEMBERG's message of "Mon, 03 Jan 2011 09:36:11 +0100 (CET)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2.91 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:134201 Archived-At: Werner LEMBERG writes: >>> -MAKEINFO = makeinfo --force -I $(emacsdir) -I $(srcdir) >>> +MAKEINFO = @MAKEINFO@ --force -I $(emacsdir) -I $(srcdir) >> >> The line should read "MAKEINFO = @MAKEINFO@" exactly, with the extra >> options being put in a different variable. > > Originally, I've done this, and I can change this easily. Is there a > rationale behind this limitation? It's not a limitation. It makes it possible to properly override it without reconfiguring. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."