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Re: want to clarify ways to "export" a make variable
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Paul Smith |
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Re: want to clarify ways to "export" a make variable |
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Mon, 20 Apr 2015 10:57:31 -0400 |
On Mon, 2015-04-20 at 09:01 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> $ VAR=value make ...
> as setting VAR on the command line, but i'm assuming that in the
> context of make, setting "on the command line" *specifically* means:
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> $ make VAR=value ...
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> correct?
Yes. The assignment in the first example isn't part of make's command
line: the _shell_ will interpret that assignment before it invokes make,
and make will never see that (it can't be determined through argv given
to the command, etc.) A somewhat subtle point I guess.