Re: makefile not taking aliases into account

2005-05-09 Thread Michael Marsh
On 5/8/05, Kamaraju Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael Marsh wrote: > > 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): > >

Re: makefile not taking aliases into account

2005-05-08 Thread Almut Behrens
On Sun, May 08, 2005 at 10:17:11PM -0400, Michael Marsh wrote: > 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).

Re: makefile not taking aliases into account

2005-05-08 Thread Kamaraju Kusumanchi
Michael Marsh wrote: 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 th

Re: makefile not taking aliases into account

2005-05-08 Thread Michael Marsh
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

makefile not taking aliases into account

2005-05-08 Thread Kamaraju Kusumanchi
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? thanks for any pointers raj