Re: make question (environment variable)

"James" <[email protected]> wrote:
> VAR=abc
> all:
>       echo $(VAR)
> 
> In unix/bash, to override the variable defined in the makefile,
> make VAR=123
> works.
> 
> However
> export VAR=123; make
> or
> VAR=123 make
> does not seem to work.
> 
> Is there a way to override using export variable method?

You can allow environment variables to override an assignment by using the
following construction:

VAR ?= abc

regards Henrik
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