Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 1 Jan 2006 12:37:29 +0100 | From | Marc Giger <> | Subject | Re: Howto set kernel makefile to use particular gcc |
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Keith, your domain seems not to be resolvable...
On Sun, 01 Jan 2006 22:18:27 +1100 Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au> wrote:
> Marc Giger (on Sun, 1 Jan 2006 12:13:03 +0100) wrote: > >Why would you "hardwire" it? > >#export CC="distcc" > >should do it. > > Doubt it. From 'info make', Node: Environment. > > Variables in `make' can come from the environment in which `make' > is > run. Every environment variable that `make' sees when it starts up > is transformed into a `make' variable with the same name and value. > But an explicit assignment in the makefile, or with a command > argument, overrides the environment. (If the `-e' flag is > specified, then values from the environment override assignments in > the makefile. *Note Summary of Options: Options Summary. But this > is not recommended practice.) > > The kernel Makefile explicitly sets CC which overrides the environment > value, but does not override a command line definition of CC. IOW, do > not reply on environment variables always working with make.
You are absolutely right. Because I never used it in this way, I wrote "should":-) I specify it always on the make command line.
So if Kalin would like to hardwire it, he has to change the CC variable in the Makefile...
Thank you
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