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Re: make and $(shell uname -a)


I think this e-mail is not for me. Please don´t send me such e-mails.
Thanks.

Jürgen Fries, BDV GmbH

----- Original Message -----
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf@redhat.com>
To: Cygwin mailing list <cygwin@sources.redhat.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 6:01 AM
Subject: Re: make and $(shell uname -a)


> On Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 11:48:57PM -0500, John A. Turner wrote:
> >environment:
> >
> >o Win2kSP1
> >o cygwin 1.1.5(0.29/3/2) 2000-11-02
> >o MAKE_MODE unix
> >
> >the following makefile:
> >
> >------------------------------------------------
> >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 $(shell) work?
>
> Do this:
>
> @echo "$(bar)"
>
> and it works fine.  You're getting an error from bash indicating that it
> doesn't like the parentheses on the line with the echo.
>
> cgf
>
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