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

[Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd@rosebud.ml.org>]

  Oliver> So, is there any way to set a variable in a makefile to `pwd` but
  Oliver> only have it evaluated once?

Yes, you can use 

    this_dir        = $(shell pwd)

Kudos to Manoj as I sneaked this out of one of his debian/rules files. I use
it for variables as

    debtmp          = $(this_dir)/debian/tmp
    debman          = $(debtmp)/usr/man
    debdoc          = $(debtmp)/usr/doc/$(package)
    deblib          = $(debtmp)/usr/lib

Regards, Dirk

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