From: jalvo@cloud9.net (John Alvord) Subject: Re: How to echo out shell var inside make in B20 22 Jan 1999 17:20:37 -0800 Message-ID: References: <918C79AB552BD211A2BD00805F15CE853FF54F@x-crt-es-ms1.cp10.es.xerox.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII To: "Truong, Ton H" Cc: "'gnu-win32@cygnus.com'" , "'Takaaki Hiramatsu'" Unless you do something, priority goes 1. variables defined on command line 2. makefile text 3. environment variables You can increase the environment variable prority using the -e command line option. You can alter 1 vs 2 using the "override"control in the makefile text. john alvord Music, Management, Poetry and more... http://www.candlelist.org/kuilema Cheap CDs @ http://www.cruzio.com/~billpeet/MusicByCandlelight On Thu, 21 Jan 1999, Truong, Ton H wrote: > I just downloaded the B20.1 version and run into this problem which we did > not have using B18. > > Our makefile defines this variable > LIB=ttdr > > Say I have this target: > unittestdebug: > echo $$LIB > > With the double dollar sign, I would expect the echo command to echo out the > VC++ LIB environment variable (c:/msdev/VC/lib; etc...), but it echoes out > the value "ttdr" - the Makefile variable instead. > > Does anyone have a workaround for it? > > Please respond to me, as I am not a subscriber to the list. > > //Ton Truong > - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".