Re: a couple more questions about variables and scope

[Tristan Van Berkom]

Robert P. J. Day wrote:
[...]
> exactly. :-)  one more piece of clarification.  in section 6.9, i read:
>
>   "Every environment variable that make sees when it starts up is
>   transformed into a make variable with the same name and value."
>
> so this means, then, that there is no effective difference between getting 
> an environment variable from a caller, and creating (and exporting) a 
> variable within a makefile?  would it be more technically correct to 
> rephrase the sentence above by appending "... and then exported"?  since 
> if you just assign a value to a variable, that will *not* be available to 
> sub-makes unless you export it first.
>
> am i making sense?  there's only decaf left here.  grrr ...
    Note that variables assigned through the environment are "assigned" before
your makefiles assign variables (so makefile assignments "override" the
environment), but variables assigned on the command line
(i.e. make DEBUG=true all) override variables assigned inside the makefiles
except ofcourse if you use the keyword "override" in your makefile

Cheers,
                                 -Tristan

/me wipes the sweat from my brow