Quoting Gianfranco Costamagna (2015-07-03 15:56:48) > ./ghc/debian/rules:GHC=$(firstword $(shell bash -c "type -p ghc")) > > this is something really obscure to me... why can't we just do > "GHC=$(which ghc)" Variable expansion in debian/rules is not shell but make. It can be simplified to eliminate bash like this: ./ghc/debian/rules:GHC := $($(shell which ghc) (the change from = to := is to resolve once when read rahter than postpone and resolve each time the variable is used). - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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