On Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 8:29 AM Cook, Malcolm <m...@stowers.org> wrote: > > >I'd like to use: > > > >SHELL = /usr/bin/perl > >.SHELLFLAGS = -w -E 'use warnings FATAL => "all";' -E > > > >but it doesn't work, saying at recipe execution time: > > > >Can't find string terminator "'" anywhere before EOF at -e line 1. > > Your problem is in the recipe that you don't show. > > This works perfectly in my hands > > SHELL = /usr/bin/perl > .SHELLFLAGS = -w -E 'use warnings FATAL => "all";' -E > all: > print 'it works'
It turns out it's a .ONESHELL interaction. Add .ONESHELL: to the top of your demo and you get the error. I don't know why. Britton
