Re: [PATCH 2/2] Makefile: work around ksh's failure to handle missing list argument to for loop
Johannes Sixt venit, vidit, dixit 05.07.2010 11:15:
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> Am 7/5/2010 10:14, schrieb Michael J Gruber:
>> BTW: Is the $$var gmake specific?
>
> No. $ is a (special?) make variable that contains only a dollar sign. To
> expand the variable in the Makefile, you have to write $$ (like for any
> other Makefile variable whose name has only a single character, like $@,
> $<, etc). As a result, you get a single dollar sign in the shell command
> text. :-)
I guess I need this in my personal tree:
diff --git a/Michael b/Michael
index 5318944..2ff6a75 100644
--- a/Michael
+++ b/Michael
@@ -0815,2 +0815,2 @@ endif
-stupid remark about lower case
-stupid question about escaping $
+compensate for lack of morning coffee
+note that an empty shell var is more than nothing at all
Michael
Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>