On Wednesday 06 May 2009 10:31:53 Anton Shterenlikht wrote:
> I've this simple makefile:
>
> VAR=one
>
> all : main
>
> main :
> @echo ${.CURDIR}
> .if ${.CURDIR}
> @echo ${VAR}
> VAR=two
> @echo ${VAR}
> .endif
>
> When I output VAR second time, the value is still "one", and not the
> new value "two". Why?
Because it is expanded before being passed to the shell. Sh sees:
echo one
VAR=two
echo one
What are you really trying to accomplish?
--
Mel
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