Re: $(shell) strips CRLF

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: "Bryan Miller" <address@hidden>
> Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 12:51:40 -0700
> 
> I have a makefile that performs a command like
> 
> FOO := $(shell cat foo)
> 
> where foo is a multiline ASCII text file.  For some reason the
> $(shell) bit is stripping of the hex ODOA off the end of the lines
> so FOO is just one long line.

This is how $(shell) is supposed to behave, it's clearly documented
in the node "Shell Function" of the Make manual.

> Does anyone have any recommendations?

Please explain why removing the newlines is a problem in your case.