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| # Context: | |
| # | |
| # browserify is an executable found in the node_modules/.bin directory. | |
| PATH := node_modules/.bin:$(PATH) | |
| SHELL := /bin/bash | |
| source_js := app_root.js | |
| build.js: $(shell PATH=$(PATH) browserify --list $(source_js)) # How come this needs explicit PATH | |
| browserify $(source_js) > $@ # But this doesn't |
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I'd guess that make doesn't automatically give the environment variables to subshells opened by
$(shell ... )but only to the subshells that it opens implicitly for the commands of the targets.But that's really just a guess.