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Re: Initializing variables in rules


From: Greg Chicares
Subject: Re: Initializing variables in rules
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 21:46:36 +0000
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On 2006-3-22 18:13 UTC, Thierry Lam wrote:
> Is it possible to initialize a variable in a rule, for example:
> 
> hello:
>             name := world

Not that way--there, 'name := world' would be a shell command.
But you can use a target-specific variable:

name := unspecified

hello: name := world
hello:
        @echo hello $(name)




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