When you use a variable in a Makefile task and you want to make it mandatory and check it before run the effective task,
You can guard
it.
task-who-need-SPECIFIC_ENVVAR: guard-SPECIFIC_ENVVAR
@echo ${SPECIFIC_ENVVAR}
You only need to add the following task
guard-%:
@ if [ "${${*}}" = "" ]; then \
echo "Environment variable $* not set"; \
exit 1; \
fi
So when you run it, the guard
will prevent to run the task
$ make task-who-need-SPECIFIC_ENVVAR
Environment variable SPECIFIC_ENVVAR not set
make: *** [guard-SPECIFIC_ENVVAR] Error 1
$ export SPECIFIC_ENVVAR=value
$ make task-who-need-SPECIFIC_ENVVAR
value
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