I'm trying to compile an open source project on windows under mingw/msys.
The makefile contains (among others) this line
@${MAKE} --no-print-directory -C . -f physfs.make
physfs.make contains (among others) these lines:
ifndef CC
CC = gcc
endif
when I ran make I get the following error:
Creating obj/Debug/physfs
physfs.c
make[1]: cc: Command not found
make[1]: *** [obj/Debug/physfs/physfs.o] Error 127
make: *** [physfs] Error 2
If I comment the ifndef / endif pair leaving CC = gcc intact, the build works. If instead of make I issue this command:
make -e CC=gcc
the build works as well. But when I run the following command in msys:
echo $CC
nothing is displayed.
I think there is something basic about how environment variables work in MSYS and make that I don't understand.
Could please some help me troubleshoot this issue, so I can understand why simple 'make' command complains and why the ifndef block doesn't function as I expect it to function.