tech-toolchain: Re: make should unset $ENV

Subject: Re: make should unset $ENV
To: Christos Zoulas <christos@zoulas.com>
From: Simon J. Gerraty <sjg@crufty.net>
List: tech-toolchain
Date: 08/01/2003 17:41:25

Ok, concensus seems to be against this one - no problem.

--sjg

>In article <200308011927.PAA22355@Sparkle.Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>,
>der Mouse <mouse@Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA> wrote:
>>
>>Unsetting ENV *for an OS build* is sensible - but make is not the place
>>to do it.

>Yes, it is not the responsibility of make to play with the environment.
>Doing so may even violate POSIX.