On Sunday 29 October 2006 11:10, Garrett Cooper wrote:
> -How do I go about checking for external variables, as defined by a shell?
> -How do I go about checking for variables as defined in make.conf?
> -What do variable definitions generally look like in each of these
> cases, ie what's the difference between $$VAR, ${VAR}, and VAR?
AFAIK there is no way to differentiate between environmental variables and
ones set in a makefile. (or ones passed in via the command line)
I don't think $$FOO is a valid construct, also there is no difference between
$(FOO) ${FOO}, $FOO means ${F}OO.
> The reason why I'm asking is because I'm trying to make a set of
> FreeBSD makefiles and the following type of declaration doesn't work for
> some odd reason..
>
> .ifdef $$VAR
> @echo define $$VAR please!
> .else
> #do something to build program
> .endif
Try
.if !defined(VAR)
...
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