On Tuesday 2026-06-02 15:35, Maxim Cournoyer wrote:
>
>Make (not Automake) can use the following snippet to define a newline
>variable:
>
>--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>define newline
>
>
>endef
>--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
I do not think POSIX make supports that.
So there is no guarantee it passes through automake.
Portably, it's probably going to need
newline = $(printf '\n')
(subject to availability of printf)
newline = $(echo)
>ifneq ($(GIT_CORE_HOOKS_PATH),)
Also not supported by POSIX make.
>$(warning Not installing Guix-provided git hooks; global hooks path set$(NL)\
>tip: unset global git hooks path)
Also not supported by POSIX make.
Have a pre-requisite instead and add it to everyting else:
```
abcdef:
if test -z "$(GIT_CORE_HOOKS_PATH),)"; then \
echo Not installing...; \
echo Hint: ...;
fi
whatever: abcdef
```
This also does away with the need for $(NL).
