Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 16:17:02 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Randy Maddox <rmaddox AT isicns DOT com>
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Subject: Re: make and environment variables
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On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Randy Maddox wrote:

> I am using the WinDoze 2K version of DJGPP as found in the zip archive
> djdev204_alpha_win2k.zp and have encountered an issue with the make utility,
> which seems to find environment variables only if the name used in the make
> file is in all uppercase, regardless of the case used to name and set the
> environment variable.

This is expected: W2K upcases all the environment variables it passes to 
DOS programs, and DJGPP's getenv function is case-sensitive.

> Is this a bug?

You could regard this as a W2K bug.

> Is there a work-around?

Try using COMMAND.COM or Bash as your shell instead of CMD.EXE.

> I did report this to
> bug-make AT gnu DOT org initially, but they bounced me back to you.

They were right: this has nothing to do with Make.