Re: mention if a=b make = make a=b

2017-11-22 Thread 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
I was hoping somebody who knows the differences would add to the section. I barely know how to use make. ___ Bug-make mailing list Bug-make@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make

Re: mention if a=b make = make a=b

2017-11-21 Thread 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
> "EW" == Edward Welbourne writes: EW> They're not quite equivalent, although an example like the one you give EW> may be a good one for the documentation to explore in explaining what EW> the difference is. Yes that is what I hope will be done.

Re: mention if a=b make = make a=b

2017-11-21 Thread Robert Pluim
積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jida...@jidanni.org> writes: > (info "(make) Environment") should mention how equivalent > $ a=b make #and > $ make a=b > are to each other. > See also http://debbugs.gnu.org/29270 But they're not the same. The second one will override a

Re: mention if a=b make = make a=b

2017-11-21 Thread Andreas Schwab
On Nov 21 2017, Edward Welbourne wrote: > I can't remember what happens if you use += in the make-file: I'm fairly > sure it extends whatever you had in the environment, but I can't > remember whether it extends a value set on the command-line. It doesn't. Andreas. --

Re: mention if a=b make = make a=b

2017-11-21 Thread Edward Welbourne
Dan Jacobson (20 November 2017 23:50) > (info "(make) Environment") should mention how equivalent > $ a=b make #and > $ make a=b > are to each other. > See also http://debbugs.gnu.org/29270 They're not quite equivalent, although an example like the one y

mention if a=b make = make a=b

2017-11-20 Thread 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
(info "(make) Environment") should mention how equivalent $ a=b make #and $ make a=b are to each other. See also http://debbugs.gnu.org/29270 ___ Bug-make mailing list Bug-make@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make