On 2012-06-24 at 14:45 +0100, Jeremy Harris wrote:
> On 2012-06-24 11:45, Phil Pennock wrote:
> > This patch:
> > http://patch-tracker.debian.org/patch/series/view/exim4/4.80-2/30_dontoverridecflags.dpatch
> > causes Exim to conditionally set CFLAGS in OS/Makefile-Linux using ?=
> > syntax.
> >
> > That seems eminently sane to me. Does anyone know a reason to not
> > apply this to base?
>
> I'd suggest checking with builds on systems that might not use Gnu Make -
> Solaris, HPUX, AIX &c.
This is OS/Makefile-Linux. We permit the -variant files to use
system-specific Make syntax. For instance, OS/Makefile-FreeBSD uses
".ifdef" which with GNU Make would be spelt "ifdef".
-Phil
