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Re: GNU make 'export'
- To: "Fergus Henderson" <fjh at cs dot mu dot OZ dot AU>
- Subject: Re: GNU make 'export'
- From: "Wayne Stewart" <wstewart at aa dot net>
- Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 09:25:42 -0600
- Cc: <gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com>
It's still a problem with all uppercase variable names:
bash$ cat Makefile
export FOOBAR="set by make"
echoit:
@env | egrep FOOBAR
bash$ export FOOBAR="set by shell"
bash$ make echoit
FOOBAR=set by shell
bash$
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> From: Fergus Henderson <fjh@cs.mu.oz.au>
> To: Wayne Stewart <wstewart@aa.net>
> Subject: Re: GNU make 'export'
> Date: Tuesday, March 25, 1997 9:47 PM
>
> Wayne Stewart, you wrote:
> >
> > Has anyone gotten GNU make's 'export' capability to successfully
> > set/override environment variables with make variable settings?
> > I'm using NT Workstation 4.0, GNU-WIN32 Beta 17.1.
>
> One possible cause of the problem is that cygwin converts all
> environment variable names to uppercase. If you're using lowercase
> or mixed case names, try using uppercase names.
>
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