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-rw-r--r--buildtools/wafsamba/samba_utils.py7
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diff --git a/buildtools/wafsamba/samba_utils.py b/buildtools/wafsamba/samba_utils.py
index 3adf533b0e..5e16a5d470 100644
--- a/buildtools/wafsamba/samba_utils.py
+++ b/buildtools/wafsamba/samba_utils.py
@@ -487,6 +487,13 @@ def CHECK_MAKEFLAGS(bld):
if Logs.verbose > 2:
Logs.zones = ['*']
elif opt[0].isupper() and opt.find('=') != -1:
+ # this allows us to set waf options on the make command line
+ # for example, if you do "make FOO=blah", then we set the
+ # option 'FOO' in Options.options, to blah. If you look in wafsamba/wscript
+ # you will see that the command line accessible options have their dest=
+ # set to uppercase, to allow for passing of options from make in this way
+ # this is also how "make test TESTS=testpattern" works, and
+ # "make VERBOSE=1" as well as things like "make SYMBOLCHECK=1"
loc = opt.find('=')
setattr(Options.options, opt[0:loc], opt[loc+1:])
elif opt[0] != '-':