You misunderstand something. > it outputs: > VAR=foo VAR2=bar VAR3=foo That's only a small fraction of what I see, with make-3.81. This is what I see: mart...@whitewater:~/tmp/bug-make-2009-05-07$ make make var1 make[1]: Entering directory `/home/martind/tmp/bug-make-2009-05-07' VAR=foo VAR2=bar VAR3=foo make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/martind/tmp/bug-make-2009-05-07' make var2 make[1]: Entering directory `/home/martind/tmp/bug-make-2009-05-07' VAR=bar VAR2=bar VAR3=bar make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/martind/tmp/bug-make-2009-05-07' mart...@whitewater:~/tmp/bug-make-2009-05-07$ Perhaps you want the "all" rule to say: all: var1 var2 Then I see the desired output: mart...@whitewater:~/tmp/bug-make-2009-05-07$ make VAR=foo VAR2=bar VAR3=foo mart...@whitewater:~/tmp/bug-make-2009-05-07$ -----Original Message----- From: bug-make-bounces+mdorey=bluearc....@gnu.org [mailto:bug-make-bounces+mdorey=bluearc....@gnu.org] On Behalf Of Szekeres István Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 02:57 To: bug-make@gnu.org Subject: conditionals not working for conditional variables in sub-make? Please see the makefile attached. by running it it outputs: VAR=foo VAR2=bar VAR3=foo but I think VAR2 should be foo. Bug or do I misunderstand something? thanks, Istvan
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