Re: want to clarify ways to "export" a make variable

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Mon, 20 Apr 2015, Paul Smith wrote:

> On Mon, 2015-04-20 at 07:08 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:

> >   finally, if i change the origin of the variable to:
> >
> >   $ make VAR=value ...
> >
> > is that variable still part of the environment?
>
> Yes.  See the GNU make manual "Communicating variables to sub-makes":
>
>         Except by explicit request, `make' exports a variable only if it
>         is either defined in the environment initially or set on the
>         command line, and if its name consists only of letters, numbers,
>         and underscores.

  the only part of the above i once read that initially confused me
was "or set on the command line" since one could interpret the
following:

  $ 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?

rday

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