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: > > $ make VAR=value ... > > 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. _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list Help-make@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
