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

I like the MAKEFLAGS approach suggested by John Marshall in lieu of make supporting something like an automatic .makerc project config file. However, I didn't want to have to remember to source a .env or similar environment variables beforehand (and unsetting them afterward).

A solution to this is to put the MAKEFLAGS assignment at the top of the Makefile itself:

#!/usr/bin/env make

MAKEFLAGS=s

.PHONY: foo
foo:
    echo "hello, make"

Run it:

$ make foo
hello, make

Compared to running without the MAKEFLAGS=... line:

$ make foo
echo "hello, make"
hello, make