Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1998 10:45:08 +0200 (CEST) From: rch@richard.eu.org To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: bin/8155: current make fails with "Error expanding embedded variable" Message-ID: <199810050845.KAA29424@rch.ip.lt>
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>Number: 8155 >Category: bin >Synopsis: current make fails with "Error expanding embedded variable" >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Oct 5 01:50:01 PDT 1998 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Ricardas Cepas >Organization: >Release: FreeBSD 3.0-19980923-BETA i386 >Environment: >Description: Current make fails with "Error expanding embedded variable" if founds $ in variable name, for example ARCHITECTURE=$(shell arch="`if test -x /usr/bin/dpkg; \ then dpkg --print-architecture; else uname -m; fi`" \ && if [ "$${arch%%i?86}"y = y ]; then arch=i386; fi \ && echo "$$arch") Earlier versions does not have this this problem, i.e. can ignore such statements. >How-To-Repeat: A=$(shell echo $b; ) >Fix: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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