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

Tom Lane wrote:
> 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.

As a data point, now that FreeBSD is showing problems too, I see this on
BSD/OS with TCL 8.3 in tclConfig.sh:
TCL_SHLIB_LD='cc -shared'

Does this mean I don't have the problem here?

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