On Thu, Sep 2, 2021 at 9:51 AM Brian J. Murrell <br...@interlinx.bc.ca> wrote: > How can I get make to not try to resolve the $ in the value as it seems > to be doing for all of the echos in the debug target:
The value built-in function will provide the value of a variable without expanding it. See Section 8.8 of the Gnu Make manual. http://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html#Value-Function In your example, be wary of the shell expanding $ in addition to Make. Use single quotes to ensure the shell doesn't also expand $ during echo. fooreal := $(value foo) debug: echo 'foo = $(foo)' echo 'value(for) = $(value foo)' echo 'fooreal = $(fooreal)' echo 'value(fooreal) = $(value fooreal)' Mike
