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Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 14:03:50 +0100
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From: Martin Steuer <martinSteuer AT gmx DOT de>
Subject: Re: Setting Env Var from within make
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At 14:06 10.01.2002 +0200, you wrote:
> > 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.

So what would you do to set an environment var from within a makefile. I 
tried to start up another instance of command within a makefile but i can't 
execute any commands to it, actually i could set a variable on this shell 
only through the /K switch.
Please help me i really need to change an environment var from a makefile. 
I need to set DEPENDENCIES_OUTPUT for gcc. I especially need the second 
value (the name of the target in the created dependency), 'cause i didn't 
found any other solution (with the -MMD option i cant specify the targets 
name).

Greetings,
Martin