Does make uses internal echo command?
I ask this, because bash echo interprets -e -n and also /bin/echo. But when
running echo inside the Makefile it will not interpret -e -n.


On Nov 20, 2007 1:52 PM, Valery Reznic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
> --- Kfir Lavi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I'm compiling embedded environment, and there is a
> > Makefile in iproute2 an
> > tc that have this line.
> > I'm using bash as a shell, also the other comps I
> > have used.
> > I have read the echo entry in man bash, but didn't
> > find nothing of
> > importance.
> > What I did found is that my echo version don't
> > interpret any flags with --.
> > echo --version
> > --version
> > I'm running Ubuntu 7.10
> May be your bash for some reason running not it's
> embedded echo, but external one .
>
> Anyway, what about printf, is it work for you ?
>
> Valery.
>
> >
> > Kfir
> >
> > On Nov 20, 2007 1:22 PM, Valery Reznic
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- Amos Shapira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > On 20/11/2007, Kfir Lavi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > > I have a problem running echo inside Makefile.
> > > > > Here is the Makefile:
> > > > > all:
> > > > >         @echo "string"
> > > > >         @echo -e -n "string"
> > > You could try to use printf instead of echo.
> > >
> > > Valery
> > >
> > >
> > > > >
> > > > > The output is:
> > > > > string
> > > > > -e -n string
> > > > >
> > > > > The problem is the second @echo command. It
> > prints
> > > > '-e -n' instead of
> > > > > interpreting those options.
> > > > > I have tested it on other comps and it works
> > fine,
> > > > so its an environment
> > > > > problem in my comp.
> > > > > What var or file determine this behavior?
> > > >
> > > > It mostly depends on which shell is used. "echo"
> > is
> > > > a built-in command
> > > > in many shells as well as there are stand-alone
> > > > implementations
> > > > (usually under /bin). And many of the different
> > > > versions use different
> > > > options.
> > > > Do you use autoconf or do you write the Makefile
> > > > directly? I'm pretty
> > > > sure autoconf can interrogate the system and
> > find
> > > > the right
> > > > combination of echo and flags for your needs
> > (but I
> > > > never got around
> > > > to use it properly).
> > > >
> > > > --Amos
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
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