On Mon, 2014-12-22 at 17:24 +0100, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > You might be able to use: > > PATH_WORKAROUND = `relpath $(abs_top_builddir)/Tests/some_file.foo` > > But then you must be aware that $(PATH_WORKAROUND) cannot be used > as a file at make level (i.e., can't be a prerequisite, or a target, > and so on), and can only be used as a shorthand in the shell code > of your recipes.
Thanks Stefano. What I ended up doing that may be helpful for others without relying on non-portable extensions to Make was the following... PATH_WORKAROUND != mktemp --suffix=.dtshd.spdif --dry-run ...to generate a path the ALSA file writer plugin can write out to which is absolute, normalized, and (should) contains no spaces. -- Kip Warner -- Senior Software Engineer OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred http://www.thevertigo.com
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