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This wasn't posted earlier because it isn't what the question asks: the question asks how to get the changed PATH after exit from make. Also, this could be done in a much simpler way: put export PATH=… on the do_something: line, you don't need eval.

Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'
– Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'

2017-08-22 16:20:55 +00:00
Commented Aug 22, 2017 at 16:20
The PATH isn't being "reset", it was never changed in the parent process, only in the process make runs in, so the new PATH is only available in the make process and it's children. For somewhat obvious reasons a child process can not modify its parents environment

Jaap Versteegh
– Jaap Versteegh

2020-08-12 13:36:58 +00:00
Commented Aug 12, 2020 at 13:36

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