Desire clarification of 'override' behavior

2007-09-11 Thread Krejsa, Dan
Hi, Like the poster of http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-make/2000-10/msg00011.html I've noticed that gnu make (I'm currently using 3.80) has a little undocumented behavior regarding the use of 'override'. Without 'override', an assignment in a Makefile to a make variable will not take e

RE: Desire clarification of 'override' behavior

2007-09-11 Thread Krejsa, Dan
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 11:33 AM To: Krejsa, Dan Cc: bug-make@gnu.org Subject: Re: Desire clarification of 'override' behavior "Krejsa, Dan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > However, using 'override' also seems to prevent subsequent assignments >