Re: can't change variable value

[Paul D. Smith]

%% Mikhail Kruk <address@hidden> writes:

  mk> However if I run it like 'make BUILDTYPE=blah' BUILDTYPE will
  mk> preserve the value 'blah'.

Certainly.  Variables set on the command line always override any value
set in the makefile (unless you use the override keyword).

See the GNU make manual (or any book on make: all makes have behaved
this way since make was invented).

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