Re: -e doesn't work for me

[Paul Smith]

On Tue, 2009-06-02 at 02:55 +1000, Anthony Shipman wrote:
> all:
>         @echo $(origin HOME)
>         @echo $(HOME)

> From 'make -e'
> 
> environment
> /home/felix
> 
> rather than
> 
> environment override
> /home/felix
> 
> Am I doing something wrong?

No.  You only get "environment override" if there was some setting of
the variable in the makefile that was overridden by the environment.  If
you do this:

        HOME = foo
        all: ; @echo $(origin HOME)

then "make -e" will show "environment override".