> The command: > > echo FOO = $$FOO > > is having the shell print the shell environment variable $FOO. It's NOT > printing the make variable $(FOO). > > ... great explanation skipped (see archives)
I understand! The whole point is that make needs to pass env variables from the invoking shell to its sub-shells. So it creates a tunnel for the env variables and it can modify the values along the way. Thanks a lot Paul! Martin _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
