Re: how to override variables?

[Alex Hornby]

On Tue, 2002-03-05 at 21:17, Tom Tromey wrote:
> >>>>> "Alex" == Alex Hornby <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> Alex> I'm trying to update some old Makefile.am's to the CVS automake. Its
> Alex> going well except I can't see a way to override a variable value
> 
> Alex> I'm using this for a variety of things, and just want the one in the
> Alex> last textual order to stick.
> 
> Alex> Is there an option to turn off this warning? If not would a patch be
> Alex> considered to add such an option?
> 
> I think Akim made this change.  I don't understand it really.
> Overriding might seem weird, but it makes sense in some situation:
> when using `include' or conditionals.
> Akim?
> 
> Tom

Hi Tom,

Yes, I'm using include. The include file has defaults for variables used
throughout my project, but some directories override them in the
Makefile.am.

Alex.