From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: make bootstrap fails. Date: 04 Feb 2004 17:56:03 +0100 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <200401301902.16714.hattons@speakeasy.net> <87isirsx88.fsf@emptyhost.emptydomain.de> <200402012052.i11Kq6525375@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <87n0825vic.fsf@emptyhost.emptydomain.de> <200402012208.i11M8OI25458@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <200402032205.i13M58V01271@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <200402041521.i14FL5x02633@raven.dms.auburn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1075910966 14759 80.91.224.253 (4 Feb 2004 16:09:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 16:09:26 +0000 (UTC) Cc: kai@emptydomain.de, rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 04 17:09:15 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AoPaU-00034C-00 for ; Wed, 04 Feb 2004 17:09:14 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AoPaU-0003dA-00 for ; Wed, 04 Feb 2004 17:09:14 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AoPVt-0005ux-Cq for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Wed, 04 Feb 2004 11:04:29 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AoPUv-0005mt-QY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Feb 2004 11:03:29 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AoPUL-0005ff-Nk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Feb 2004 11:03:25 -0500 Original-Received: from [212.88.64.25] (helo=mail-relay.sonofon.dk) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AoPUK-0005ee-QY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Feb 2004 11:02:53 -0500 Original-Received: (qmail 39066 invoked from network); 4 Feb 2004 15:56:10 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO kfs-l.imdomain.dk.cua.dk) (213.83.150.2) by 0 with SMTP; 4 Feb 2004 15:56:10 -0000 Original-To: Luc Teirlinck In-Reply-To: <200402041521.i14FL5x02633@raven.dms.auburn.edu> Original-Lines: 19 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:19708 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:19708 Luc Teirlinck writes: > Or do some versions of make actually reinitialize environment > variables directly from the shell environment that invoked make for > sub-make's if not exported? I don't know -- that's why I asked... > > Anyway, it would seem like the `export' can not do any harm, even > though I do not immediately understand how it could do some good. > (But I know very little about Makefiles). Unless there are version of make which doesn't understand "export". If it works in your setup without export, I suggest we don't use it. -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk