Re: How do I set a runtime variable in debian/rules

[Rob Browning <rlb@cs.utexas.edu>]

Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd@rosebud.ml.org> writes:

> Yes, you can use 
> 
>     this_dir        = $(shell pwd)

You might want to make this

  this_dir := $(shell pwd)

just to make sure it's expanded when it's assigned (assuming I
understand GNU make's assignment rules correctly).  I think many times
people mean := when they say =.

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