RE: BUG?: BASH_ENV as a target-specific variable is inherited by the target's prerequisites even if marked "private"

"Cook, Malcolm" <[email protected]> Mon, 4 Dec 2023 20:17:41 +0000

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Hello,

I now believe this to be a manifestation of [bug #61463: private does not suppress inheritance on exported target specific variables](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?61463) 
which I now discover has been fixed in [GNU Make 4.4.1 released!](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2023-02/msg00011.html) with the following release note:

* Previously target-specific variables would inherit their "export" capability
  from parent target-specific variables even if they were marked private.  Now
  private parent target-specific variables have no affect.  For more details
  see https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?61463

I will get the newest version installed and confirm...