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Re: [OCLUG-Tech] how to add a variable to the environment for gnu make?

  • Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] how to add a variable to the environment for gnu make?
  • From: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday [ at ] crashcourse [ dot ] ca>
  • Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2015 09:43:56 -0400 (EDT)
On Mon, 20 Apr 2015, Stephen M. Webb wrote:

> On 15-04-20 07:27 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> >
> >   also, of course, at any point, i can set and add env variables from
> > within the makefile with
> >
> >   VAR = value
> >   export VAR
>
> Just to clarify, you're setting Make variables there, not shell
> environment variables.  You can override Make variables by using a
> shell variable or specifying it on the command line, but they're not
> entirely the same thing.

  you're right, bad terminology on my part.

rday

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