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| -rw-r--r-- | make-stds.texi | 11 |
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diff --git a/make-stds.texi b/make-stds.texi index c4a6f60..41fb212 100644 --- a/make-stds.texi +++ b/make-stds.texi @@ -209,11 +209,12 @@ don't need to replace them with other programs. Each program-name variable should come with an options variable that is used to supply options to the program. Append @samp{FLAGS} to the program-name variable name to get the options variable name---for -example, @code{BISONFLAGS}. (The name @code{CFLAGS} is an exception to -this rule, but we keep it because it is standard.) Use @code{CPPFLAGS} -in any compilation command that runs the preprocessor, and use -@code{LDFLAGS} in any compilation command that does linking as well as -in any direct use of @code{ld}. +example, @code{BISONFLAGS}. (The names @code{CFLAGS} for the C +compiler, @code{YFLAGS} for yacc, and @code{LFLAGS} for lex, are +exceptions to this rule, but we keep them because they are standard.) +Use @code{CPPFLAGS} in any compilation command that runs the +preprocessor, and use @code{LDFLAGS} in any compilation command that +does linking as well as in any direct use of @code{ld}. If there are C compiler options that @emph{must} be used for proper compilation of certain files, do not include them in @code{CFLAGS}. |