Thanks Sam. Really appreciate the feedback! This board is great as usual.
Regards, Randy On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 6:06 PM, Sam Ravnborg <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 05:53:30PM -0700, Randy Kao wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I have a feeling this is going to be a silly question but it's baflling > me, > > and I haven't been able to find something similar on the archives and > > googling. > > > > I'm running "GNU Make version 3.79.1, by Richard Stallman and Roland > > McGrath. > > Built for i386-redhat-linux-gnu" and the contents of my makefile are > basic. > > > > VAR := > > > > newtest: > > @echo "Determing the OS:" > > VAR := $(shell uname) > > @echo "The end." > > > > > > I'm just trying to save the output from the shell command uname and stuff > it > > into a make variable (VAR := $(shell uname)). > > > > However when running this, it seems as though make is trying to execute > the > > variable that I assigned the output too. > > > > > > *Determing the OS: > > VAR := Linux > > make: VAR: Command not found > > make: *** [newtest] Error 127 > > * > > > > Anyone happen to know offhand what I'm doing wrong here? I know it is > > something simple but just can't see it. > Everything in a command is executed. So you pass on the > following to the shell: > > "VAR := Linux" > > And it is obviously not what you want. > > > One way to get around it is to move the assingment out of the > command block and let make evaluate it either when it see it > the first time (use := as assignmnet) or at each > usage (use = as assignment operator). > > Sam >
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