Is there a configuration file for gnu make?

Question

I want to tell make that it shall always use -j4 option even if I didn\'t specify it vie command line. Normally i would do this in some configuration file (i.e.

Answer 1

It doesn't exist, but you can do this by having a recursive call into make.

For example:

---

Makefile:

-include $(HOME)/.makerc

.DEFAULT_GOAL: all

# This will handle a default goal if make is just called without any target
all:
    $(MAKE) $(MAKE_OPTIONS) -f Makefile.real $(MAKECMDGOALS)

# This handles all targets and passes it through
%:
    $(MAKE) $(MAKE_OPTIONS) -f Makefile.real $(MAKECMDGOALS)

---

$(HOME)/.makerc:

MAKE_OPTIONS := -j4