stan-dev/math

Reconsider Makefile including config from `$HOME`

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Description

Stan's makefiles include custom configuration from a couple locations.

The first is make/local, and this is what we document and recommend using.

The second is a sub-directory of $HOME:

math/makefile

Line 14 in 4c626fd

-include $(HOME)/.config/stan/make.local # user-defined variables

This can cause issues when HOME has a space in the path (found by @andrjohns)

I don't think we document this file anywhere, and I also think that allowing a global config like this is probably a bad idea in general.

Current Version:

v4.9.0

idk anyone that uses this so I'm pretty for removing it