Alan,
Try adding a backslash after the export QA... statement like this:
test:
export QA_STEP=start; \
touch ${QA_STEP};
make executes each line in a separate shell, so QA_STEP will not be set in
the shell that executes the touch statement unless you execute both commands
in the same statement.
John
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Subject: Using environmnet variables in make
Hi,
I have the following Makefile
.EXPORT_ALL_VARIABLES:
.SUFFIXES:
test:
export QA_STEP=start ;
touch ${QA_STEP};
Which I run using "gmake". This gives me:
slappy628: gmake test
export QA_STEP=qa_rtl ;
touch ;
touch: file arguments missing
Try `touch --help' for more information.
gmake: *** [test] Error 1
Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong? No matter what I try I can not get
it to pick up on the environment variable set. Help would be much
appreciated.
Thanks
Alan
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