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Re: [Axiom-developer] ENV


From: Gabriel Dos Reis
Subject: Re: [Axiom-developer] ENV
Date: 22 Nov 2006 22:17:06 +0100

Ralf Hemmecke <address@hidden> writes:

| >   regress:
| >           ${ENV} ${MAKE} DAASE=$(axiom_targetdir) regression-tests
| 
| BTW, why isn't it
| 
|       ${MAKE} ${ENV} DAASE=$(axiom_targetdir) regression-tests
| 
| ?

Ask Tim.

What you show is correct assuming you renamed ENV to something else.
(And the values will be part of MAKEFLAGS).

| As far as I understand that, in both cases not ENV is passed to MAKE
| but its value. So the variable ENV would not be set in a subshell
| unless ENV is already set at the beginning.

In both cases, it is the value, but the value might be incorrect if
you insist on using ENV.

| (Replace ENV by any other variable name if you don't like ENV.)

There must be a profond misunderstanding here :-(

-- Gaby




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