Tweak MAKEFLAGS and -X interaction #138
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Before this commit, running one of "continue", "next", "step" or "finish" in the interactive debugger overwrote the value of MAKEFLAGS to either "" or "-X". This was sometimes a problem. For instance, with Linux v5.18, first setting up the build system with `make defconfig`, launching the debugger with `remake -X modules`, and running `continue` triggered the following error: m2c -o fs/efivarfs/efivarfs.o fs/efivarfs/efivarfs.mod remake[1]: m2c: No such file or directory <builtin>*** [fs/efivarfs/efivarfs.o] error 127 This happened because the root makefile disables Make's built-in rules by appending "-R" to MAKEFLAGS, and the other makefiles rely on these rules being disabled. `continue` overwrote MAKEFLAGS, which caused recursive make instances to have built-in rules enabled. This commit fixes this issue by changing the way the debugger commands communicate status to other instances. It still happens through MAKEFLAGS, but the value is now generated using the same function upstream Make uses.
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Hi, this patch addresses an issue I had using remake with Linux's build system. The issue is described in the commit message.
The mechanism introduced is a little clunky and it uses global state, but I've been using remake with this patch applied for a while and it does not seem to break anything.