On 5/8/05, Kamaraju Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > Using Debian sid. I have an alias in my .bashrc say something like > > alias x="y" > > This command is executing fine on a bash shell (ie I can use x). But > when I use x in a makefile, it is not getting expanded to y. Is this a > future? How can I overcome this limitation?
Unless you've told it otherwise, make isn't using bash, it's using sh. While sh is probably a symlink to bash, when invoked as "sh" it doesn't read your .bashrc (nor the system default). You can change this behavior with the SHELL variable in your makefile: SHELL := /bin/bash In general, though, it's better to set everything that you need in the makefile, since relying on your aliases makes your makefile highly non-portable. I usually do something like (using your example): X := y and then using $(X) instead of the alias x in commands. -- Michael A. Marsh http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/~mmarsh http://mamarsh.blogspot.com
