Eclipse CDT default makefile: read CXXFLAGS variable?

eclipse-cdt

Solution

Eclipse CDT generated makefiles have the following lines included:

`-include ../makefile.init`

`-include ../makefile.defs`

You can create the file makefile.defs in which you define CFLAGS or CXXFLAGS and then go to project `Properties` -> `C++ Build Properties` -> `Settings` -> GCC or G++ compiler -> `Miscellaneous`. Here you can add your $(CFLAGS) or $(CXXFLAGS) option in the `Other flags` field.

This should add your additional options to the compiler command line.

Problem

Is there an option to force the generated makefile read the `CXXFLAGS` and `CFLAGS` variables and use them as most of makefiles do?

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