Re: address@hidden: [PATCH] sharutils-4.3.80: configure.ac tweak to build uuencode/uudecode OOTB on Cygwin]

[Bob Proulx]

Bruce Korb wrote:
> Thank you for the patch.  I have applied it, substituting
> '{' for '(' and '}' for ')'.  Next release (not too far away,

Shouldn't Makefile variables use the smooth parenthesis, not the curly
ones like the shell?  I believe GNU make allows either.  But that is
not true of all make programs.  The V7 make documentation only
specifies $(string).  POSIX requires both.  All of the examples for
GNU make and GNU autoconf that I can find suggest $(string).

> > -  ADD_PROG="uudecode uuencode"
> > +  ADD_PROG='uudecode$(EXEEXT) uuencode$(EXEEXT)'
> > -  ADD_PROG="uudecode uuencode"
> > +  ADD_PROG='uudecode$(EXEEXT) uuencode$(EXEEXT)'

If those end up in a Makefile aren't the $(EXEEXT) usage correct?

Bob