From kde-devel  Fri Apr 30 09:58:33 1999
From: Stephan Kulow <coolo () itm ! mu-luebeck ! de>
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 09:58:33 +0000
To: kde-devel
Subject: Re: extending variables in automake Makefile
X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-devel&m=92546660914211

pbrown@redhat.com wrote:
> 
> I am trying to "extend" a variable in my Makefile.am.  Doing
> 
> CXXFLAGS += -pedantic
> 
> fails, giving me only -pedantic and nothing else.
> 
> trying
> 
> CXXFLAGS = $(CXXFLAGS) -pedantic
> 
> gives me just that...literally.  $(CXXFLAGS) doesn't get expanded.
> 
> How am I supposed to do this correctly (um, coolo... ;) )
> 
Well, += is supposed to work, but because of a bug in automake.
The prefered way is AM_CXXFLAGS = -pedantic.

Greetings, Stephan

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