Re: [PATCH 04/12] Makefile: introduce CROSS_COMPILE variable
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Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
- Date
- Apr 28, 2014, 20:45 UTC
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- <20140428204504.GP9218@google.com>
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- <20140428204048.GA21365@seldon>
Hi,
Marat Radchenko wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 09:25:36AM -0700, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
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>>> -STRIP ?= strip >>> +STRIP = $(CROSS_COMPILE)strip >> >> Before, STRIP from the environment took precedence over STRIP from the >> makefile. Switching to the more usual 'environment can't be trusted' >> convention is a good change, but please mention it in the commit >> message. > > Taken from [1]: > >> Simply expanded variables are defined by
I'm not really sure what in particular you're pointing to in that page. If you have a more specific question about what '?=' means, could you say it?
Hope that helps, Jonathan