${} and $()

Hi, is there any real difference between $(var) and ${var}, and is the latter as much POSIX as the first? thanks, Jan --

$(DESTDIR) in install TARGET?

Hello, list. Seems that it is useful to update $(DESTDIR)$(INFODIR)/foo.info when foo.info was updated during `make install`. There is the example on the page http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Standard-Targets.html which represents what I'm talking about: $(DESTDIR)$(INFODIR)/foo.info:

Re: ${} and $()

Jan Engelhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > is there any real difference between $(var) and ${var}, and is the > latter as much POSIX as the first? Depends on the context. For a shell there is a big difference between them. When interpreted by make they are identical. Andreas. -- Andreas S

Re: ${} and $()

On Aug 17 2007 22:48, Andreas Schwab wrote: >Jan Engelhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> is there any real difference between $(var) and ${var}, and is the >> latter as much POSIX as the first? > >Depends on the context. For a shell there is a big difference between >them. When interpreted

Re: ${} and $()

Jan Engelhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > (And the stupid reply: am I on automake@gnu.org or [EMAIL PROTECTED] :-) automake both about makefiles and configue scripts. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, SuSE Labs, [EMAIL PROTECTED] SuSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstraße 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany

Re: $(DESTDIR) in install TARGET?

Hello Peter, * Peter Volkov wrote on Fri, Aug 17, 2007 at 10:09:01PM CEST: > > Seems that it is useful to update $(DESTDIR)$(INFODIR)/foo.info when > foo.info was updated during `make install`. There is the example on the > page http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Standard-Targets.html >