%% gk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: g> Yes, the method you suggest above does work but the problem is that g> output is 'swallowed' by assignment to _x and doesn't appear in the g> terminal.
That has nothing to do with whether you assign the value to a variable or not. That's how the shell function is defined: see the GNU make manual. If you didn't assign it to a function you'd get syntax errors, because the function would expand to the output of the submake, then make would try to parse that. $(shell ...) in make works like backticks (``) in sh; that's its whole purpose. g> I would like to be have $(MAKE) recurse run just like if I had g> typed 'make recurse' on the command line. You can't do that using shell. g> I wanted to do something similar with a 'debug' rule to echo some g> makefile variables to the terminal; to somehow invoke the rule from g> the makefile, without it having to be a target. You can't do that. Why don't you want it to be a target? g> * I do not want to specify 'recurse' as a command line goal; I want to g> build $(MAKECMDGOALS) in each directory in my list: g> recurse : g> @for dir in $(SUBDIRS); do\ g> $(MAKE) -C $$dir $(MAKECMDGOALS); \ g> done See the GNU make manual for some reasons why doing submakes inside a loop like this is suboptimal. g> I could add 'recurse' as a command line goal, then remove it from g> $(MAKECMDGOALS) in the makefile: g> GOALS = $(filter-out recurse, $(MAKECMDGOALS) ) g> recurse : g> @for dir in $(SUBDIRS); do\ g> $(MAKE) -C $$dir $(GOALS); \ g> done You will have to do something like this. I can't think of any other way to manage it. You could put the test into the shell script instead of using make functions, but I don't know that it is much cleaner. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Find some GNU make tips at: http://www.gnu.org http://make.paulandlesley.org "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
