On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 10:16 PM, Mark Galeck <mark_gal...@pacbell.net> wrote: > I guess you are saying that in fact the Make statement > export VAR-Y := val > (attempts to) establish a shell (environment) variable, and is not merely a > Make construct. Is that what you are saying? > But if that is so, then, well, VAR-Y is a valid Make variable (because > nothing says otherwise in the Make manual), but is not a valid shell > variable, so the above construct might not work for GNU Make, period? > I thought the above statement must NOT involve shell at all, precisely > because, it is not a valid shell variable.
It would help if you actually showed the EXACT output from running your hacked make. As is, it is not clear what exactly you're trying to describe as happening. Philip Guenther _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list Help-make@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
