make and $(shell uname -a)

[Christopher Faylor]

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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