Re: Catching passed options to makeinfo

On Sun, 2026-06-07 at 08:57 +0000, Heime wrote:
> I want to avoid passing using a variable like this
>=20
> make -f myfile.mk opt=3D--split=3Dchapter
>=20
> Rather, I want a direct setting like thisn
>=20
> make -f myfile.mk -- --html --split=3Dchapter
>=20
> And be able to pass all option to the command part of a=20
> makefile rule.

What you want to do is not possible.  Make is not a general-purpose
interpreter that allows makefiles to investigate and interpret its
command-line arguments.

The only thing you can do is write a shell script wrapper around make,
that will parse the arguments and pass them to make using a variable
assignment.

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