/hg/release/icedtea7-forest-2.3/hotspot: Add note about use of $...

[andrew at icedtea.classpath.org]

changeset 4413a836dcc7 in /hg/release/icedtea7-forest-2.3/hotspot
details: http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea7-forest-2.3/hotspot?cmd=changeset;node=4413a836dcc7
author: andrew
date: Wed Jul 17 19:14:46 2013 +0100

	Add note about use of $(CFLAGS)/$(CXXFLAGS)/$(CPPFLAGS) at present.


diffstat:

 make/linux/makefiles/rules.make |  3 +++
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diffs (13 lines):

diff -r c93fcd47982f -r 4413a836dcc7 make/linux/makefiles/rules.make
--- a/make/linux/makefiles/rules.make	Wed Jul 17 17:30:04 2013 +0100
+++ b/make/linux/makefiles/rules.make	Wed Jul 17 19:14:46 2013 +0100
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
 DEMANGLE        = $(DEMANGLER) < $@ > .$@ && mv -f .$@ $@
 
 # $(CC) is the c compiler (cc/gcc), $(CXX) is the c++ compiler (CC/g++).
+# FIXME: $(CXXFLAGS) currently only includes preprocessor flags while
+# $(CFLAGS) includes C and C++ flags.  Ideally, there should be three
+# variables: $(CFLAGS), $(CXXFLAGS) and $(CPPFLAGS).
 CC_COMPILE       = $(CC) $(CXXFLAGS)
 CXX_COMPILE      = $(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(CFLAGS)