2 fixes to the line, it should be: sometarget: <tab> $(shell echo -e '$(VAR1)' >> $@)
this $(shell... makes a file called "somefile", in it you will see: " a.o:a.c <tab> cc $@ " I'm including this sometarget in the makefile thus extending it "on the fly", believe me it works ! -----Original Message----- From: Max Bowsher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 7:38 PM To: Moti Daniel; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Question/bug? : Make and tab problem since version 1.3.16... Moti Daniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > After upgrading cygwin dll to 1.3.16 from 1.3.12 I had the following > problem: > I'm using cygwin to build my project, in my makefile I'm creating > another makefile like this: > VAR1=a.o : a.c\n\tcc $$@ > . > . > . > sometarget : > $(shell echo -e '$(VAR1)' >> somefile > > before the upgrade this produced somefile with this lines in it: > a.o : a.c > <TAB> cc $@ I find that hard to believe. With that $(shell... in there, make tries to run a program 'a.o'. Max. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
