[SV 58341] Add non-trivial options to $(MAKEFLAGS)

Previously only trivial (single-letter) options were available in
$(MAKEFLAGS) when it is examined from inside a makefile (the full
value was set before expanding recipes).

Ensure that all options (but, not command line variable overrides!)
are visible in the $(MAKEFLAGS) variable.  In order to do this
reset the default values of options, particularly options which are
lists, before re-reading MAKEFLAGS after makefiles have been read.
Otherwise we'll get duplicate values for options such as -I.

Unfortunately there are complications here as well: sometimes (for
jobserver options in particular) we modify the values of these
options while running: we must not reset these modifications.

* NEWS: Announce this change
* src/main.c (main): Call new reset_switches() before re-parsing
MAKEFLAGS.
(reset_switches): Reset the value of non-special options to their
defaults.
(define_makeflags): Add non-special options into MAKEFLAGS even
if 'all' is not set.

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 53562605..5efa8bad 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?group=make&report_id=111&fix_release_id=109&se
   rebuilt is the same order in which make processed them, and this is defined
   to be true in the GNU make manual.
 
+* WARNING: Backward-incompatibility!
+  Previously only simple (one-letter) options were added to the MAKEFLAGS
+  variable that was visible while parsing makefiles.  Now, all options
+  are available in MAKEFLAGS.
+
 * WARNING: New build requirement
   GNU make utilizes facilities from GNU Gnulib: Gnulib requires certain C99
   features in the C compiler and so these features are required by GNU make: