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Date:      Mon, 10 Jun 2013 10:42:34 -0700
From:      "Simon J. Gerraty" <sjg@juniper.net>
To:        Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
Cc:        Chris Rees <crees@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-toolchain@FreeBSD.org, tech-toolchain@netbsd.org, sjg@juniper.net
Subject:   Re: bmake exports disallowed environment variables
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On Mon, 10 Jun 2013 10:59:31 -0600, Warner Losh writes:
>Then perhaps you can share the /bin/sh syntax to unset it?

No, the point is that this variable is not supposed to be manipulated by
sh at all.
The name was chosen precisely because it cannot easily be put into the
environment.
That and it "looks" like a make internal variable - which it is.






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