URL:
<https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?63172>
Summary: Using --just-print, -n on a target that uses a
multiline macro function will print as a single line
Project: make
Submitter: None
Submitted: Thu 06 Oct 2022 04:49:00 PM UTC
Severity: 3 - Normal
Item Group: None
Status: None
Privacy: Public
Assigned to: None
Open/Closed: Open
Discussion Lock: Any
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Fixed Release: None
Triage Status: None
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Date: Thu 06 Oct 2022 04:49:00 PM UTC By: Anonymous
Hi.
I noticed that if I have the following Makefile
```
define test_function
echo $(1) \
$(2) \
$(3)
endef
.PHONY: test_function
test_function:
$(call test_function,1,2,3)
.PHONY: test
test:
echo 1 \
2 \
3
```
If I run `make test -n`, I will get my expected multiline human readable
output
```
✗ make test -n
echo 1 \
2 \
3
```
If I run `make test_function -n`, all of the commands will be
```
✗ make test_function -n
echo 1 2 3
```
People have found some odd workarounds
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47228973/how-to-properly-escape-recipe-newlines-in-multi-line-variable
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