Re: Passing makefile macros back using the $(shell)

[Paul D. Smith]

%% "address@hidden" <address@hidden> writes:

  nc> export${space}NUMOSVERSION

  nc> Is there some reason why the generated export line would be
  nc> invalid?  I would have thought the macro would need to be expanded
  nc> before processing the line for syntax.

No.  _Before_ the line can be expanded it must be recognized (variable
setting, rule definition, etc.), so make knows what kind of expansion to
perform.  Not all lines in a makefile are expanded the same way.

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