RE: need help with the Makefile

[Paul D. Smith]

%% Regarding RE: need help with the Makefile; you wrote:

  rm> Is it possible to echo anything else within ifeq / endif block ?

  rm> ifeq ($(strip $(KVER)),)
  rm> $(error Please set KVER before running Make)
  rm> endif

You can use the $(shell ...) function to echo some information:

  $(shell echo Please set KVER before running Make 1>&2)

just prints:

  Please set KVER before running Make


BUT!  This won't cause make to fail.  You can't stop make processing
without using $(error ...), which will always print the line number.

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