Re: Parameters to make-invoked script

I am only familiar with GNU make, but there you can set/override variables when calling make. Not sure if this work with other make flavours?
For example (tested with GNU make 3.81):

pb:/tmp> cat Makefile
testing:
        @echo "extern : myvar='$(myvar)'"
        @echo "default: CPP='$(CPP)'"

pb:/tmp> make
extern : myvar=''
default: CPP='cc -E'

pb:/tmp> make myvar=Tim\ Towdy
extern : myvar='Tim Towdy'
default: CPP='cc -E'

pb:/tmp> make myvar=gcc  CPP='$(myvar)'
extern : myvar='gcc'
default: CPP='gcc'
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Re^2: Parameters to make-invoked script by Sixtease (Friar) on Jul 23, 2008 at 09:12 UTC
Hell yeah, I was looking for exactly this. I'll add this mechanism and keep the environment variables for compatibility with dumber make's. Thanks pal. Update: Oh wait, can I add this functionality from `Makefile.PL`? use strict; use warnings; print "Just Another Perl Hacker\n";	[reply] [d/l]