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title = "extend PATH in Makefile"
date = "2012-06-02T20:48:18+00:00"
author = "Gibheer"
draft = false
+++

Whenever you have the need to "patch" the path in a Makefile, you can do that with the following line.

    PATH := $(PATH):/optional/path

Use $(PATH) to get the PATH variable from the environment. `:=` is used to avoid circular dependencies in the form, that PATH gets reassigned over and over again. If you leave the colon, then make will inform you about this.
initial commit and import This is the initial import of all blog posts and a pretty workable theme. More work will follow. 2015-10-25 01:41:33 +02:00			`+++`
			`title = "extend PATH in Makefile"`
			`date = "2012-06-02T20:48:18+00:00"`
			`author = "Gibheer"`
			`draft = false`
			`+++`

update to new generator 2022-03-25 14:41:22 +01:00			`Whenever you have the need to "patch" the path in a Makefile, you can do that with the following line.`

			`PATH := $(PATH):/optional/path`

initial commit and import This is the initial import of all blog posts and a pretty workable theme. More work will follow. 2015-10-25 01:41:33 +02:00			Use $(PATH) to get the PATH variable from the environment. `:=` is used to avoid circular dependencies in the form, that PATH gets reassigned over and over again. If you leave the colon, then make will inform you about this.