Re: passing variable values to subsequent make calls

2004-06-09 Thread Paul D. Smith
%% "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

passing variable values to subsequent make calls

2004-06-09 Thread Robert P. J. Day
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