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Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 12:12:49 GMT
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Sahab Yazdani wrote:
> 
> okay i have this little trouble with my makefile, which I hope people
> will be able to help me with.
> 
> i have defined a variable called RELEASE like this:
> 
> RELEASE=n
> 
> which is then checked against to set some flags so that the program will
> compile either as a RELEASE program or a DEBUG program:
> 
> ifeq ($(RELEASE),y) then
> # define release variables
> else
> # define debug variables
> endif
> 
> NOW, i want to be able to change this variable without coming into the
> makefile everytime i want to switch the mode of the program.
> 
> MAKE allows me to change variables via the command line like this:
> 
> make RELEASE='y'
> 
> but for some reason, this still compiles as a DEBUG program.

try "make -DRELEASE=y ...."

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