On 27 March 2007 18:25, Andreas Schwab wrote: > "Dave Korn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Or how about using ':=' to force immediate evaluation? > > That won't help, since backquotes are only expanded by the shell, not by > make.
Doh. Yes, we'd need immediate evaluation *and* $(shell ...). cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today....