What's the meaning of X_ARCH :sh= /usr/bin/arch

[Xu Yufeng (xyufeng)]

Hi,

I'm using make on Solaris. I found lots of ":sh=" in Makefiles from an old project. I guess it means to invoke the shell command and return the value to a variable but it does not work. I searched the manual and google but only found that it can be done with $(shell ...). Replacing all of them is a big effort and moreover I'm not quite sure about it. Could anybody help me out?

 

Thanks,

Xu