On 14 Apr 2014, at 10:26, Gerd Knops wrote:
Sorry, that was just a dummy name I picked, the actual variable was upper-case. Quick test
XXX_TEST = '--pref build.path=/Users/me/tmp'
fails […]
How are you verifying it? Try ⌃R on: echo "$XXX_TEST"
For me it works fine. I am thinking your issue might be with the code that uses the variable.