Re: pltcl build problem on FreeBSD (was: Re: pltlc and pltlcu problems)

Brent Verner <brent@rcfile.org> writes:
> | Will it not work to do
> | 
> | $(shell echo '$(TCL_SHLIB_LD)' | sed ...

> No.  I just tested this, and the $@ still got expanded too early.

[ scratches head ... ]  Where is the expansion happening, then?  Seems
weird.

> We'll need to use the suggested ifeq($(PORTNAME),linux) test.

I don't much like that since it makes an inappropriate assumption,
viz that if you're on Linux you must have a TCL_SHLIB_LD value that
hasn't got any $variables in it.  I'd prefer to figure out *why* we
are getting a premature evaluation.
        regards, tom lane