MAKEFLAGS += --warn-undefined-variables .DEFAULT_GOAL := all .DELETE_ON_ERROR: .SUFFIXES: SHELL := bash .SHELLFLAGS := -e -o pipefail -c escape = $(subst ','\'',$(1)) test_var := Includes ' quote # printf $test_var echo_test_var := printf '%s\n' '$(call escape,$(test_var))' # bash -c 'printf $test_var' bash_test_var := bash -c '$(call escape,$(echo_test_var))' test: printf '%s\n' '$(call escape,$(test_var))' bash -c '$(call escape,$(echo_test_var))' bash -c '$(call escape,$(bash_test_var))'