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From: thomas@spline.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: "make" SHELL variable
Message-ID: <1938@utah-gr.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 3-Mar-87 12:00:57 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar  3 12:00:57 1987
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Reply-To: thomas%spline.UUCP@utah-gr.UUCP (Spencer W. Thomas)
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In article <688@rtech.UUCP> daveb@rtech.UUCP writes:
> The interpretation rule is now clear:
>
>	Command line > environment > Makefile > default
>
This line voids your thesis.  It shows that you, who claim to support the 
current mode, are still confused about how it works.  The true order (thank 
goodness) is
	Command line > Makefile > environment > default

This reminds me of an early version of spell that would fail if you had a
variable named I set in your shell.

=Spencer   ({ihnp4,decvax}!utah-cs!thomas, thomas@utah-cs.ARPA)