Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 09:31:53 +0100 From: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: make - reassign variable using if-then ? Message-ID: <20090506083152.GA48658@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk>
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I've this simple makefile: VAR=one all : main main : @echo ${.CURDIR} .if ${.CURDIR} @echo ${VAR} VAR=two @echo ${VAR} .endif When I output VAR second time, the value is still "one", and not the new value "two". Why? % make /usr/home/mexas one VAR=two one And gmake gives an error: % gmake makefile:7: *** missing separator. Stop. % please help many thanks anton -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 928 8233 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423
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