Re: make-1.79.1: $(shell) doesn't handle '#' correctly?

[Hans-Bernhard Broeker]

Wolfgang Schludi <address@hidden> wrote:
> here's my makefile:

> ######################################################################
> X := $(shell echo $${PATH})
> Y := $(shell echo $${PATH#*:})

I could be very far off here, but since # is a comment character in
Makefiles, I strongly doubt you can just use it in the middle of an
expression like this.  Did you try escaping it, like you did by
doubling the $ inside the $(shell )?

This would mean that Y never actually got set to the value you tried
to set it to.  In particular the closing ) isn't really present, so
the shell is correct in complaining about it.

For further experiments: 

        make -p

to see the actual variable values, or

        make SHELL="/bin/sh -x"

to have the shell report the actual commands it tries to execute.
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