Re: Help with debian/rules

[Martin Schulze <joey@finlandia.Infodrom.North.DE>]

Vaidhyanathan Mayilrangam wrote:
> Hi ,
> 
> I need to check the host architecture to configure a software. I tried the 
> following code snippet, but that does not work. 
> 
> ifeq ('$(DEB_HOST_ARCH)','i386')
> 	use_asm386=yes
> else
> 	use_asm386=no
> fi
> 
> any ideas ?

Use intermediate variables, don't use quotes.

This Makefile may help you understand it:

--------------------------
arch=$(shell arch)

# ifeq (.config,$(wildcard .config))

ifeq ($(arch),i386)
  ARCH=i386
else
  ARCH=$(arch)
endif

all:
        echo $(ARCH)
--------------------------

Regards,

	Joey

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