Re: Conditional broken line in recipe

Hi Paul,

On 2023-09-03 04:06, Paul Smith wrote:
> On Sun, 2023-09-03 at 01:00 +0200, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
>> Is something like this possible?
>>
>> target:
>> 	foo \
>> ifeq (...)
>> 	| bar \
>> endif
>> 	| baz
> 
> I'm sure you've tried it and discovered the answer is "no".  The
> backslash will append the next line to the previous line and it won't
> be considered a make statement.
> 
> You need to put the ifdef outside the recipe:
> 
>     ifeq (...)
>       BAR = | bar
>     else
>       BAR =
>     endif
> 
>     target:
>             foo $(BAR) | baz


That would hurt readability a little bit.  I think ONESHELL is
calling me in whisper.  :)

Cheers,

Alex

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