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6.4 How Variables Get Their Values
Variables can get values in several different ways:
You can specify an overriding value when you run
make
. See section
Overriding Variables
.
You can specify a value in the makefile, either with an assignment (see section
Setting Variables
) or with a verbatim definition (see section
Defining Variables Verbatim
).
Variables in the environment become
make
variables. See section
Variables from the Environment
.
Several
automatic
variables are given new values for each rule. Each of these has a single conventional use. See section
Automatic Variables
.
Several variables have constant initial values. See section
Variables Used by Implicit Rules
.
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