%% Jonathan Baccash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: jb> With GNU make 3.81-beta3, I try this makefile: jb> define myvar jb> # $(error blah) jb> endef jb> $(eval $(myvar))
jb> And I get: jb> Makefile:4: *** blah. Stop. jb> Shouldn't the commented error call be ignored? No, because the variable myvar is expanded FIRST, then the results are evaluated. When myvar is being expanded it's just the same as if it were being used in a command script or similar: comment characters have no impact. To behave like you expect you need to escape the error function so that it's not expanded until it's inside the eval: define myvar # $$(error blah) endef $(eval $(myvar)) -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Find some GNU make tips at: http://www.gnu.org http://make.paulandlesley.org "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list Bug-make@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make
