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

Well, yes and no --- normally you would use an include file. Put your common configuration items together in a file, say common.mk and add

include common.mk

at the top of your makefile. If the flag doesn't have a matching way to configure it from inside the make file, you can use a function

function mk {
    make -j4 $*
}