On Tue, 2017-06-06 at 16:07 -0500, gnu_ma...@trodman.com wrote: > Works: > > SHELL = /bin/bash > STARTUP_CHECK_NOP := $(shell set -x;: Checking for FINALDESTDIR:;[[ -d > $(FINALDESTDIR) ]] || kill 0) > > Is there a cleaner way? The STARTUP_CHECK_NOP macro is liable to > confuse a maintainer since it's value is never used.
It's helpful if you describe in words what you want to do. If you're trying to fail immediately if a directory doesn't exist, you can do something like this: $(if $(wildcard $(FINALDESTDIR)/.),,$(error $(FINALDESTDIR) does not exist)) This also uses only make constructs so is slightly more portable. _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list Help-make@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
