Setting make options in a makefile

Question

Can I create a makefile which will behave as if some options were passed to make executable?

Answer 1

As far as I know it's not possible to modify e.g. the -j value or add the behaviour of -d run-time in a Makefile. However, one nice workaround is adding a target like this:

debug:
        make -d debugtarget

Now make debug works just like make -d debugtarget. You can even make "debug" your default target and get the same effect with just make.