Re: Catching passed options to makeinfo

On Tuesday, June 9th, 2026 at 12:06 AM, Paul Smith <[email protected]> wrote:

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

Are shell script wrappers for running makefiles common?
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