> Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 17:29:11 -0700 (PDT) > From: Aaron Shatters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [email protected] > > > >The shell function is essentially a make implementation of the POSIX > >shell `` (backticks) function. > > Of course, you are right... this is not a problem. The example that I had > lifted from another makefile had stdout redirected to stderr after the echo > command, therefore, it printed to the screen. I failed to include this > portion in my testing. > > It was: > GARBAGE := $(shell echo text to print 1>&2) > > I omitted the "1>&2", which lead to the difference in operation.
This works for me as you expect in the MinGW build: the text is printed. _______________________________________________ Make-w32 mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/make-w32
