Re: makefile and TMPDIR interaction

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Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 20:35:43 -0700

Irrational Number wrote:
> Heny Townsend wrote:
>
>
>>Irrational Number wrote:
>>
>>
>>>In my GNUmakefile, I include a GNUconfigure
>>>file that contains a call to define TMPDIR = ii_files.
>>>
>>>However, this causes a clash, even though the
>>>GNUconfigure TMPDIR supercedes the other
>>>definition.
>>
>>This is not clearly expressed. If one supersedes the other, there isn't
>>a clash. Which is it? Do you mean that the setting in .cshrc wins even
>>though you'd expect the other one to win?
>
>
> Here's where my confusion reigns. The TMPDIR
> defined in my GNUconfigure file should supersede.
> When I put a print statement in, that is clearly the
> case. However, if I define a TMPDIR in my .cshrc,
> even though the GNUmakefile thinks my TMPDIR
> is the one in the GNUconfigure, the compilation
> dies. If I do not define a TMPDIR in my .cshrc,
> the compilation works. Even if the TMPDIR in my
> .cshrc gets superseded...
>
>
>>One of the (many) problems with csh is that the .cshrc file is sourced
>>for every new csh process. If make forks a process and that process is
>>(or subsequently runs) the csh, the .cshrc will be sourced and the old
>>TMPDIR will be lost.
>
>
> We use Bourne shell in the Makefiles and every
> script being called is protected with #!/bin/csh -f,
> so the .cshrc is not being sourced.
>
> We're not "losing" the TMPDIR definition in a
> bad way. It's being superseded by the definition
> in the GNUconfigure properly, but the compilation
> just doesn't work if I have TMPDIR defined in
> my .cshrc...
>
> -- Anita --
>
>

Another option would be to move the TMPDIR definition from
your .cshrc to your .login. That would avoid the .cshrc
call from almost anywhere clobbering the make version.

Bill Seivert

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