Re: ifeq and $HOSTNAME

[Paul Smith]

On Tue, 2009-09-22 at 15:50 -0400, Paul Smith wrote:
> This worked as expected for me:
> 
>         $ cat Makefile
>         sc=localhost
>         
>         $(warning HOSTNAME is $(HOSTNAME))
>         
>         ifeq "$(HOSTNAME)" "$(sc)"
>         $(warning is $(sc))
>         else
>         $(warning is not $(sc))
>         endif
>         
>         all: ; @echo done
>         
>         $ HOSTNAME=notlocal make
>         Makefile:3: HOSTNAME is notlocal
>         Makefile:8: is not localhost
>         done
>         
>         $ HOSTNAME=local make
>         Makefile:3: HOSTNAME is local
>         Makefile:8: is not localhost
>         done

Duh, I mistyped the second example; here's the right one:

        $ HOSTNAME=localhost make
        Makefile:3: HOSTNAME is localhost
        Makefile:6: is localhost
        done