Re: ?= $(shell ...) re-runs shell in sub-makes when $(origin VAR) is environment (regression in 4.4)

On Wed, 2026-05-20 at 18:06 -0400, Paul Smith wrote:
> On Wed, 2026-05-20 at 15:09 +0000, Gunter Woytowitz wrote:
> > will this change be available as an update in the ubuntu resolute
> > repos ?
>=20
> I have no way of knowing the answer to that: it's up to the Ubuntu
> maintenance team.=C2=A0 The GNU project is not involved at all.
>=20

However, GNU make 4.4 is easily compilable (e.g. as
/usr/local/bin/make) on Ubuntu or Debian systems. So building your GNU
make could be a solution

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