Makefile params for debug menu not firing

[tldr_coder]

Hi there!

Been following along with the debug menu tutorial found at https://github.com/pret/pokeemerald/wiki/Add-a-debug-menu

The menu can fire up just fine if I don't make it dependent on setting the debug params on make (e.g. comment out the code that checks if DEBUGGING flag is true).
However if I add the 'Debugging' checks in the key combination is ignored as the game doesn't seem to know that we're in Debugging mode.

Main portion of code I think is giving issues is the following in makefile

ifeq ($(DDEBUGGING),1)
override ASFLAGS += --defsym DEBUGGING=1
override CPPFLAGS += -D DEBUGGING=1
endif

I'm calling

make DDEBUGGING=1

in wsl

The commit with the code changes i've got so far can be found:
https://github.com/David-vz/pokeemerald-expansion/commit/23da460d2b27941bffae5eae7c9f0a18cfdb1b1e

Anyone know what I might be missing or doing wrong?

Thanks in advance for any insights or assistance.

 

[tldr_coder]

Quick update:
Seems like the tutorial I followed might be a bit dated by now. I'd still like to know how to get flags set in makefile to register, but continuing on with the more up to date code found here: https://www.pokecommunity.com/posts/10220970/

For those coming from other places and who were following along with the wiki tutorial, I'll post a diff of the commit / changes to study up on.

Essentially pulling in theXaman's branch where there's now a manual flag set in code, instead of in the makefile:

git remote add xaman https://github.com/TheXaman/pokeemerald/
git pull xaman tx_debug_system
make clean
make

Commits with merge conflict resolution and a fix:
https://github.com/David-vz/pokeemerald-expansion/commit/f4b60fa620808a67bd27abe70601744e455c2fe1
https://github.com/David-vz/pokeemerald-expansion/commit/835954ab89e893b386417f57f9687d086bae53a9