On Mon, 2007-07-30 at 10:47 -0500, David A. Greene wrote: > > However with this you can't pass variable assignments up to make, > > since changes in a child's environment have no effect in the parent. > > Right, and this is exactly one of the things I want to do. Is this > even possible?
Sure; what you did (using $(eval VAR = value) in a command script works as you'd expect: that variable is set when the command script is expanded. Note that older versions of GNU make might not support eval or support it entirely correctly. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Find some GNU make tips at: http://www.gnu.org http://make.paulandlesley.org "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
