Reading the source nothing except $MAKE gets actually evaluated (i.e. parsed)
when a new make occurs. If the $.MAKE* vars act differently it isn't documented
in any readable form nor was it obvious from a source perusal.

James

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>On Wed, 24 Oct 2001, James Chacon wrote:
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>: >>+MAKE+= _SRC_TOP_=${_SRC_TOP_:Q}
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>: >Also I'm not at all keen on appending to MAKE.
>: >Use .MAKEFLAGS or
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>: Doesn't work. MAKEFLAGS gets passed in, but doesn't get evaluated so it's
>: pointless. Check the source, only $MAKE gets re-evaluated on a new make.
>: Line 721 or so of main.c in usr.bin/make
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>".MAKEFLAGS", not "MAKEFLAGS".  Note the leading dot.
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>: >.MAKEOVERRIDES+= _SRC_TOP_
>: >will do the trick.
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>: Didn't try that. $MAKE works and reading the source MAKEOVERRIDES doesn't
>: get evaluated either.
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>Again, there's a leading dot.  ".MAKEOVERRIDES".  This would be the
>preferred method, IMHO.
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