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Re: [Axiom-developer] ENV
From: |
Gabriel Dos Reis |
Subject: |
Re: [Axiom-developer] ENV |
Date: |
22 Nov 2006 19:08:05 +0100 |
root <address@hidden> writes:
| > > The use of ENV in the Makefiles conflicts with established practice
| > > with shells (that are POSIXilly correct).
| >
| > And we don't export ENV to submakes, so I don't know if it's doing anything.
|
| The name ENV predates POSIX.
irrelevant.
| Since we control everything about the build
| I don't think it matters but there would be no harm in changing it everywhere.
It matters that we do avoid using it. Otherwise, we're setting a
timebomb and it will blow (and it did for me -- that is how it came to
my attention).
-- Gaby
Re: [Axiom-developer] ENV, Gabriel Dos Reis, 2006/11/22
Re: [Axiom-developer] ENV, Waldek Hebisch, 2006/11/22