I am not sure if this is a bug report or an enhancement request.
If I do the following Makefile
#############################################################################
export TESTVAR := TEST
$(shell xterm )
xterm:
xterm
#############################################################################
Then do
make xterm
The $(shell xterm) does not have the TESTVAR variable set but the target
xterm has it set.
I would have expected the shell xterm to also have the exported
variable. Not sure if this is intentional or just never discovered.
Maybe a new $(shell ) command that does something like this that
automatically adds all the exported variables.
$(shellExport VAR1=val VAR2=val ... all exported variables UserCommand )
If the exported variables are exported in $(shell) then we could add a
new variable and automatically use it in a script. Today it seems like
we would have to find all places the script is called in many places and
add the Var=Val.
We are using Make in a non-software type of project. So we are doing
some unusal things to make it work.
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