Re: Having hard time adding to CFLAGS

[Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>]

On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 7:16 AM, Rich Felker <dalias@libc.org> wrote:
>> Currently, it is confusing. See for yourself:
>>
>>
>> Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]... [TARGET]
>>
>> To assign environment variables (e.g., CC, CFLAGS...), specify them as
>> VAR=VALUE.  See below for descriptions of some of the useful variables.
>> ....
>> ("ok, I got it. CFLAGS should go to configure's command line!")
>> ....
>> Some influential environment variables:
>>   CC                      C compiler command [detected]
>>   CFLAGS                  C compiler flags [-Os -pipe ...]
>>   CROSS_COMPILE           prefix for cross compiler and tools [none]
>>   LIBCC                   compiler runtime library [detected]
>>
>> Use these variables to override the choices made by configure.
>>
>> ("What? You just said that CFLAGS should be on command line!
>> Now you are saying it should be in the environment!
>> What it is?")
>
> The behavior is the same as autoconf: they're accepted either as
> environment variables or on the configure command line. Some users do:
>
>         CFLAGS=... ./configure ...
>
> and others do:
>
>         ./configure CFLAGS=... ...

I tested both and they indeed work identically.

> I can add some language to the help text to make it explicit that
> either is accepted.

I'm sending you a patch with amended --help text.