> > cat >>Local/Makefile <<EOF
> > COMPRESS_COMMAND=/usr/bin/gzip
> > ... etc
> > EOF
> I thought that make would only pick up variables that had been declared before
> the 'instruction' line? I've certainly always made that assumption...
> Admittedly you could do something similar by searching for 'all:' (or
> a predefined separator) and inserting stuff in the middle.
>
> Julian
probably true, but there are no instructions in Local/Makefile
scripts/Configure-makefile copies the contents of several files,
including Local/Makefile, into the makefile in the build directory.
Come to think of it exim does have a Configure - in scripts
Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge
A.C.Aitchison@??? http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna
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