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Re: multi-line message to $(error )
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David |
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Re: multi-line message to $(error ) |
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Wed, 16 Dec 2020 20:22:35 +1100 |
On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 at 17:00, Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org> wrote:
> Is there a good idea to make
> $(error ) display a multi-line message?
A variable can be defined to contain a newline.
[david@kablamm]$ cat Makefile
define newline
endef
n:=$(newline)
m1:=This message
m2:=has several lines
$(error $(n)$(m1)$(n)$(m2))
[david@kablamm]$ make
Makefile:12: ***
This message
has several lines. Stop.
[david@kablamm]$