`MAKEOVERRIDES='

[Alexandre Oliva]

On May 17, 2001, "Golubev I. N." <gin@mo.msk.ru> wrote:

> gcc top-level `Makefile.in' contains `MAKEOVERRIDES=' line, which
> can introduce inconveniences when trying to rerun make with slightly
> modified variable values.

Recursive invocations of MAKE are supposed to pass down any variables
that matter.  Do you have any example in which this is not done?

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