Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 16:23:20 -0500 From: Juli Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org> To: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: make -U Message-ID: <20030730162320.A66578@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20030730212049.GI33188@sunbay.com>; from ru@FreeBSD.org on Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 12:20:49AM %2B0300 References: <20030730212049.GI33188@sunbay.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
* Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> [ Date: 2003-07-30 ]
[ w.r.t. make -U ]
> Sorry, I've accidentally dropped an email about `make -U'.
>
> I think that it's not needed, since the functionality can
> easily be achieved by running "make FOO=", i.e., assigning
> an empty value. Remember that command line variables take
> precedence over globals, so the following makefile,
>
> FOO+= bar
>
> all:
> @echo ${FOO}
>
> when run as ``make FOO=foo'', will print just ``foo''.
Does that work for the .if defined() case, too? Makefiles can grow
to be more complex than just that sort of stuff, after all :)
Thanx,
juli. (who admits she missed the rest of the conversation)
--
juli mallett. email: jmallett@freebsd.org; efnet: juli; aim: bsdflata;
i have lost my way home early - i don't care cause i won't stay there.
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20030730162320.A66578>