Re: suggestion for addition to make manual

2013-10-17 Thread Lukas van de Wiel
That would it make very clear. Just as when using groff! Thanks a lot Lukas On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 3:39 PM, Edward Welbourne wrote: > > If a variable is set in a parent makefile, and a child makefile is > > included, is the variable also set in the child makefile. And the other > way > > aro

Re: suggestion for addition to make manual

2013-10-17 Thread Edward Welbourne
> If a variable is set in a parent makefile, and a child makefile is > included, is the variable also set in the child makefile. And the other way > around, when a variable is set in the child, is it also still usable in the > parent, or does it fall out of scope. > > I have figured this out with a

suggestion for addition to make manual

2013-10-17 Thread Lukas van de Wiel
Dear maintainer, after reading the make manual on inclusion of other make files, I was still left with a question. If a variable is set in a parent makefile, and a child makefile is included, is the variable also set in the child makefile. And the other way around, when a variable is set in the c