Re: Executing a shell script in a Makefile

[G2345C]

Great help ... Thanks a lot guy. Remove the wildcard
solve the problem ... Too many thing to learn...

thanks all

--- "Paul D. Smith" <address@hidden> wrote:

> %% G2345C <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>   g> all ::
>   g>         if [ -r $(GPS_ENGINE_MANIFEST) ] ; then
> \
>   g>            cd $(BUILD_DIR) && $(SHELL)
> ./copfile.sh ;
>   g> \
>   g>         fi 
>   g>         cd $(GPS_ENGINE_OBJS_DIR) && \
>   g>            $(LIBTOOL) $(LIBTOOL_LINK_TAG)
> $(GCC) -o
>   g> libtest.la \
>   g>               $(wildcard
> $(GPS_ENGINE_OBJS_DIR)/*.lo)
>   g> -rpath $(INSTALL_LIB_DIR) ; \
>   g>         else \
>   g>          .....
>   g>         fi
> 
>   g> the $(wildcard $(GPS_ENGINE_OBJS_DIR)/*.lo) is
> not
>   g> expended properly... it's empty the first time
> i ran,
>   g> but it i run the make file the second time it
> expend
>   g> all the .lo files properly ... what cause this
>   g> problem?
> 
> That's a MAKE function.  That means make expands the
> function based on
> its internal understanding of what's in the
> directory _BEFORE_ it
> invokes the shell script.
> 
> So any files that are added to the directory during
> the running of the
> shell script are not used here, because make has
> replaced that
> invocation with static values before starting your
> script.
> 
> Again if you look at the output make prints you'll
> see what the wildcard
> function is expanding to.
> 
> 
> Since you're in a shell already you don't need
> $(wildcard ...); the
> shell will do it for you.  Just use:
> 
>               $(GPS_ENGINE_OBJS_DIR)/*.lo -rpath ...
> 
> directly.
> 
> -- 
>
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> 


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