Re: a couple more questions about variables and scope

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Wed, 9 Jun 2004, Paul D. Smith wrote:

> When make starts, all the environment variables are automatically
> created as make variables.  They are marked as exported.

ok, so it might be worth extending that sentence from section 6.9:

"Every environment variable that make sees when it starts up is
transformed into a make variable with the same name and value."

and adding:

"... and is exported."

rday