On Wed, 2023-06-21 at 11:47 -0400, Paul Smith wrote: > On Wed, 2023-06-21 at 08:31 -0700, Kaz Kylheku wrote: > > If I just have this: > > > > IMPORTANT_VAR := $(shell sh -c "echo calculate; echo executed > > 1>&2") > > > > and do "make IMPORTANT_VAR=alternative", I still see "executed" > > on standard output. > > IMO that is a bug and it should be reported as such on Savannah.
Is it? Isn't the functionality of not overriding a variable value set on the make command line with a value in the Makefile what the ?= assignment operator is for? Cheers, b.
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