From: dbe@wgn.net ("$Bill Luebkert") Subject: Re: problem with make in b18 4 Jun 1997 21:12:14 -0700 Sender: mail@cygnus.com Approved: cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <33954377.30901A3A.cygnus.gnu-win32@wgn.net> References: <199706031716.SAA00386@orpwood.demon.co.uk> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.0b5 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 Original-To: Nicholas J Brealey Original-CC: gnu-win32@cygnus.com X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.com Nicholas J Brealey wrote: > > I have come across a strange problem with make with b18. > > I have two make files: > > one.mk contains > > all: > @echo CC=$(CC) > @make -f two.mk > > two.mk conatins > > all: > @echo CC=$(CC) > > With b18 on NT4.0 and Win95 I get the following behaviour: > > $ make -f one.make CC=xx > CC=xx > CC=gcc > > but using Gnu make on Solaris or Linux or using Gnu make compiled as a > native application on NT 4.0 I get: > $ make -f one.mk > CC=xx > make[1]: Entering directory `/home/nick' > CC=xx > make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/nick' > > or > > $ make -s -f one.mk CC=xx > CC=xx > CC=xx > > Does anyone have any ideas? Try changing the '@make -f two.mk' to '@make -e -f two.mk'. Actually '@$(MAKE) -e -f two.mk' would be better, I think. :) -- ,-/- __ _ _ $Bill Luebkert (_/ / ) // // DBE Collectibles / ) /--< o // // http://www.wgn.net/~dbe/ -/-' /___/_<_