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Subject: Re: Setting Env Var from within make
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> Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 11:48:26 +0100
> From: Martin Steuer <martinSteuer AT gmx DOT de>
> 
> Setting an environment variable via the DOS set-command even within a 
> simple make-rule did not change the actual environment. Is this a normal 
> behavior and is there any way to circumvent this?

Yes, this is normal behavior.  Programs can only change the
environment of their child programs, but not of their parent,
including a shell.