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authorEgor Tensin <Egor.Tensin@gmail.com>2022-03-21 08:44:53 +0300
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makefile_escaping: terser TL;DR
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@@ -43,8 +43,7 @@ and you're pretty much good to go.
escape = $(subst ','\'',$(1))
- Use it to safeguard against single quote characters in your variables/function
-outputs.
+ It protects against quite characters in command arguments.
You can then replace things like `'$(dangerous_variable)'` or `'$(shell
your-command arg1 arg2)'` with `'$(call escape,$(dangerous_variable))'` and
`'$(call escape,$(shell your-command arg1 arg2))'`.
@@ -64,14 +63,13 @@ from being expanded:
endif
endef
- You can then be sure any accidental variables references (like if the
-environment variable contains `$` as in `Accidental $variable reference`) are
-not expanded if you use the following pattern in the Makefile:
+ Then `eval` the `noexpand` function output for every possibly overridden
+variable or a used environment variable:
- param1 ?= Default value
- $(eval $(call noexpand,param1))
+ param_with_default_value ?= Default value
+ $(eval $(call noexpand,param_with_default_value))
- $(eval $(call noexpand,param2))
+ $(eval $(call noexpand,used_environment_variable))
Quoting arguments
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