Re: sourcing scripts inside Make

[Aditya Kher]

> > a silly question. How do I source a script inside a Makefile(say for
> > setting up the environment etc)?
> > source <script> doesnt work.
> >
> > Makefile:
> >
> > foo:
> > <TAB> source ~/.cshrc
>
> Can't you just do?
>
> foo:
>     ~/.cshrc
>
> Or if that file is not executable do
>
> foo:
>     /bin/sh ~/.cshrc

Actually mere executing wont help beacuse that will not set the
environment variables that I have in .cshrc
Those variables are used in future targets build (i.e. after foo) by Make
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Aditya Kher
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