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Re: How to stop a variable from being exported?
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Boris Kolpackov |
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Re: How to stop a variable from being exported? |
Date: |
Wed, 27 Oct 2004 12:50:19 -0500 |
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Paul D. Smith <address@hidden> writes:
> When you invoke a make with a specific value like this:
>
> make selector=abc
>
> then the variable override static string "selector=abc" will be passed
> to every submake. Whether you set your local copy of the "selector"
> variable in that version of make doesn't change the value of the command
> line string passed to sub-makes.
Not that I insist it's a bug, but, IMO, this logic is strange. When I say
override selector=cba
I would naturally expect the new value in every place that originated
from this makefile. Also I can't think of any scenario where current
logic might be useful.
-boris
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