In message 4288E1F0.52B7590@vollmann.ch you wrote:
make HOSTCC=gcc-3
The problem with this is, that I have to remeber that every time I issue the command (and my customers as well).
You better know exactly what you are doing, so having to remember the correct command is a Good Thing (TM).
If the first version would work, I could put the variable in the shell startup file.
... and run into trouble with other builds failing in "interesting" ways later. No, thanks.
make -e should be avoided because it causes *all* of your environment variables to override declarations in the Makefile.
I believe that is what I want.
You think you want it, but you don't. Really. You DO NOT.
Using the format above you can explicity override individual variables.
On each single invocation. And that is what I want to avoid.
But each single invocation produces results. Maybe different results if you want. Or if you think you want ;-)
"UNIX was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things, because that would also stop you from doing clever things." - Doug Gwyn
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk