MAKEFLAGS ignored?

[Michael Stahl]

hi Dan,

On 07/09/2023 13:36, Dan Horák wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I was trying to pass the "--keep-going" option to the Makefile via the
> MAKEFLAGS [1] to get as much test failures as possible in a single run,
> but it seems to be ignored. After reading the make manual for the value
> function [2], I think GMAKE_OPTIONS definition should rather look like
> 
> -export GMAKE_OPTIONS?=-r$(if $(verbose),,s)$(value $(MAKEFLAGS))
> +export GMAKE_OPTIONS?=-r$(if $(verbose),,s) $(value MAKEFLAGS)
> 
> What do you think?

this looks rather odd indeed, and i guess you're the first person to try 
setting MAKEFLAGS manually.

probably it's best to change it as you suggest.