Re: PATCH: make install-strip in cross-compilation environments

[Alexandre Oliva]

On Jan 23, 2001, Alexandre Duret-Lutz <address@hidden> wrote:

>   INSTALL_STRIP_PROGRAM=$$(topsrc_dir)/$(install_sh) -s

> and then

> install-strip:
>       $(MAKE) INSTALL_PROGRAM='$(INSTALL_STRIP_PROGRAM)' install

> So that $(topsrc_dir) gets evaluated in the sub-make.  From
> the simulation below, it appears to work fine.  The question is,
> is it portable?  I mean, will any make perform variable substitution
> in command line arguments?

I don't think so.  But then, you can always use:

INSTALL_STRIP_PROGRAM=`cd $$(top_srcdir) && pwd`/$(install_sh)

        $(MAKE) INSTALL_PROGRAM="$(INSTALL_STRIP_PROGRAM)" install

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