Inconsistency in make-3.54, $(shell command) != `command`

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1 total messages Started by Jim Meyering Tue, 29 Aug 1989 21:33

#383

Author: Jim Meyering
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1989 21:33

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% cat Makefile
# Inconsistency in make-3.54, $(shell command) != `command`
# when the last character in the output of command is a NEWLINE.
#
foospace := $(shell echo foo)
foo := $(shell echo -n foo)

all:
	@echo $(foospace).suffix
	@echo $(foo).suffix
% make
foo .suffix
foo.suffix
% 

Jim Meyering      meyering@cs.utexas.edu

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