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authorPaul Smith <psmith@gnu.org>2010-11-30 14:48:52 +0000
committerPaul Smith <psmith@gnu.org>2010-11-30 14:48:52 +0000
commitae2ab76faca93cad3059808b14d02f5565275e31 (patch)
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parent391456aad790172c3cbbceb5544dd785c0e60a99 (diff)
downloadgunmake-ae2ab76faca93cad3059808b14d02f5565275e31.tar.gz
Check if the target-specific variable is the same as the global
variable, and if so don't try to update it. Savannah bug #31743.
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@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995,
@quotation
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
-under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or
+under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or
any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover Texts being ``A GNU Manual,''
and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. A copy of the
@@ -4295,10 +4295,10 @@ recipes, is propagated to the subsystem.@refill
Variable values of the top-level @code{make} can be passed to the
sub-@code{make} through the environment by explicit request. These
-variables are defined in the sub-@code{make} as defaults, but do not
-override what is specified in the makefile used by the sub-@code{make}
-makefile unless you use the @samp{-e} switch (@pxref{Options Summary,
-,Summary of Options}).@refill
+variables are defined in the sub-@code{make} as defaults, but they do
+not override variables defined in the makefile used by
+the sub-@code{make} unless you use the @samp{-e} switch (@pxref{Options
+Summary, ,Summary of Options}).@refill
To pass down, or @dfn{export}, a variable, @code{make} adds the
variable and its value to the environment for running each line of the