Be aware though, that if you do set the SHELL make variable, make will
use your shell for *all* commands, even if it might have directly
exec'd it otherwise.
tim
On Mon, Sep 25, 2000 at 12:44:42AM -0400, Paul D. Smith wrote:
> %% [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> mc> Thanks for the help offered by Mr Paul D. Smith . I have tried
> mc> both "$(())" and "$$(())",but neither works.For example,the
> mc> statement "echo $$((3+1))" will result in " +1c".I don't know if I
> mc> should download gnumake again.
>
> You should provide a complete example.
>
> However, remember that make (all makes, including GNU make) invoke
> /bin/sh to execute commands. It's quite likely that /bin/sh is a
> standard Bourne shell and doesn't provide complex operations like
> builtin arithmetic evaluation.
>
> Either use expr (echo `expr 3 + 1`) or set the SHELL make variable to
> /bin/ksh or similar.
>
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