%% "Robert P. J. Day" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
rpjd> if, in some makefile, i use
rpjd> ${MAKE} ARCH=ppc
rpjd> is it correct that that variable will only be visible just to
rpjd> that subdirectory make unless i explicitly set it again for
rpjd> further recursive calls?
No
what's the preferred way to pass some variable values to multiple
levels of recursive makes?
i realize that, first, i can assign and export variables, as in
export ARCH=ppc
and that variable will be available to all of my subsequent recursive
makes. but i've always been kind of le