2017-12-23 1:57 GMT+03:00 Thomas Levine <_...@thomaslevine.com>: > The normal port Makefile includes this "show" target. > > $ grep -A3 ^show: /usr/ports/infrastructure/mk/bsd.port.mk > show: > .for _s in ${show} > @echo ${${_s}:Q} > .endfor > > Why would one use it rather than make -V?
The "show" gives you expanded value when -V gives raw one. Just assign "foo=$bar" in Makefile and see what happens in both cases. -- WBR, Vadim Zhukov