make and $(shell uname -a)
John A. Turner
john.turner@pobox.com
Tue Nov 7 20:48:00 GMT 2000
environment:
o Win2kSP1
o cygwin 1.1.5(0.29/3/2) 2000-11-02
o MAKE_MODE unix
the following makefile:
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SHELL = /usr/bin/bash
foo = `/usr/bin/uname -a`
bar = $(shell /usr/bin/uname -a)
test:
@echo "backticks work:"
@echo $(foo)
@echo "shell doesn't:"
@echo $(bar)
------------------------------------------------
generates:
backticks work:
CYGWIN_NT-5.0 MIZU 1.1.5(0.29/3/2) 2000-11-02 02:01 i686 unknown
shell doesn't:
/usr/bin/bash: -c: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `1.1.5(0'
/usr/bin/bash: -c: line 1: `echo CYGWIN_NT-5.0 MIZU 1.1.5(0.29/3/2) 2000-11-02 02:01 i686 unknown'
gmake: *** [test] Error 2
my question is, should $(shell) work?
thanks,
-John Turner
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