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authorRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>1997-05-17 19:07:42 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>1997-05-17 19:07:42 +0000
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Explain which commands should use CFLAGS.
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@@ -239,6 +239,9 @@ Put @code{CFLAGS} last in the compilation command, after other variables
containing compiler options, so the user can use @code{CFLAGS} to
override the others.
+@code{CFLAGS} should be used in every invocation of the C compiler,
+both those which do compilation and those which do linking.
+
Every Makefile should define the variable @code{INSTALL}, which is the
basic command for installing a file into the system.