Re: Call function

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hello Tim,

* Tim Frink wrote on Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 08:13:50PM CEST:
> ruleA:
>       $(call ruleB,file1)
> 
> ruleB = \
>       if [ -f $(1) ] && [ -f file2 ]; then      \
>           awk '/^#/ { next } {print}' file2;       \
>         else                                       \
>           exit 1;                                  \
>         fi;                                                     

> When "make" now runs the target "ruleA" I get the error message:
> 
> /bin/sh: -c: line 0: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `''
> /bin/sh: -c: line 1: syntax error: unexpected end of file

Everything from the # to the end of the line will be considered to be a
comment, and not passed to the shell.  Posix also specifies that
comments continue across backslash newline combinations, but some
non-GNU make implementations don't obey that.

Cheers,
Ralf