Re: How to stop a variable from being exported?

[Boris Kolpackov]

Paul D. Smith <address@hidden> writes:

> When you invoke a make with a specific value like this:
>
>     make selector=abc
>
> then the variable override static string "selector=abc" will be passed
> to every submake.  Whether you set your local copy of the "selector"
> variable in that version of make doesn't change the value of the command
> line string passed to sub-makes.

Not that I insist it's a bug, but, IMO, this logic is strange. When I say

override selector=cba

I would naturally expect the new value in every place that originated
from this makefile. Also I can't think of any scenario where current
logic might be useful.

-boris

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