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From: evans@testmax.zk3.dec.com (Marc Evans Ultrix Q/A)
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Subject: Re: make
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Date: 21 Mar 90 14:20:59 GMT
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In article <1990Mar19.210924.27103@cs.umn.edu>, iyer@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu
(Narayanan S. Iyer) writes:
> I am having a few problems with Ultrix 3.2 Make Facility.  Specifically,
> I have a Makefile that runs properly on a Sun and an Apollo but dies on
> a DEC 3100 RISC.  The problem centers around the use of `pwd`:
> 
> BINDIR=`pwd`/bin
> 
> $(MAKE) INSTALL "BINDIR=$(BINDIR)"
> 
> The above lines included in the Makefile.  Apparently, `pwd` is not
> being expanded to represent the present-working-directory.  I would
> appreciate any suggestions.  
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Ryan

Hmmm...

I created the following Makefile:

	BINDIR=`pwd`/bin
	all :
		$(MAKE) INSTALL "BINDIR=$(BINDIR)"
	INSTALL :
		echo "bindir = $(BINDIR)"

I then typed 'make' and here are the results:

	make INSTALL "BINDIR=`pwd`/bin"
	echo "bindir = /tmp/bin"
	bindir = /tmp/bin

I am running ULTRIX 3.1. There is no such thing as ULTRIX 3.2. Have I simulated
your problem properly? If so, I don't see what the problem is?

- Marc
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