>%% [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
>w> How can I set a variable in makefile and have that variable's w> updated 
>value seen the makefile that called it?
>
>The same way you can set a variable in a shell script or a program in 
>general and have the updated value be seen in the program that called it:
>
>You can't.

Couldn't one write the variable contents to a temp file, and read it into 
the parent file/program with VARIABLEX=`cat tempfilename` ??
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