Hi, I have noticed that there is a difference between the two scenarios listed below:
i) make CC=arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc CPPFLAGS=[..] ii) export CPPFLAGS=[..] [RET] make CC=arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc I was told that the difference is that in the second case Make will append stuff to the CPPFLAGS variable exported while in the first case the command line argument will override the settings contained in the makefile itself. The following example, literally pasted from another thread could clarify the matter : var := $(shell echo "echo hi" >say_hi.sh; chmod +x say_hi.sh; say_hi.sh) all: ; @echo $(var) Calling make with the PATH environment variable either way yields: $ make PATH=$PATH:. /bin/sh: 1: say_hi.sh: not found $ PATH=$PATH:. make hi Is this working as intended ? What is the difference between the two ? I have posted a question at the general make mailing list and I was told that this might be a bug, I would love to have a clarification - is it a bug ? Thanks P. _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list Bug-make@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make