Re: [linux-audio-dev] Can software authors make allowances for packagers?

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Can software authors make allowances for packagers?
From: Erik de Castro Lopo (erikd-lad_AT_mega-nerd.com)
Date: Mon Apr 19 2004 - 10:23:47 EEST

On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 09:50:55 +1000
Conrad Parker <conrad_AT_metadecks.org> wrote:

> On Sun, Apr 18, 2004 at 08:11:08PM +1000, Luke Yelavich wrote:
> > >
> > >If a package's configure script doesn't recognize CFLAGS, it is a bug.
> > >Report it as such.
> >
> > The configure scripts do recognise CFLAGS, however the custom CFLAGS either
> > replace CFLAGS necessary for the package, or the package uses the same
> > flags with different parameters, eg -march and -mcpu flags.
>
> packages using automake should only set AM_CFLAGS, AM_INCLUDES, AM_LDFLAGS
> etc. in Makefile.am. Resetting CFLAGS, INCLUDES, LDFLAGS etc. is a bug
> (which I've also been guiltly of many times :)

I often do:

        CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wall-sorts-of-warnings"

Is that OK? Note that it only appends stuff the CFLAGS, it does not modify
stuff that is already there.

Erik

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