vikas(_at_)insight(_dot_)att(_dot_)com wrote,
| Aha! I was thinking about this during that thread on EXITCODE i.e. use the
| variable=| syntax with the input of the pipe ignored to fool it into making
| a variable assiginment in the ACTION line of the recipe
|
| something like
|
| :0
| conditions
| EXITCODE=|echo 67
First, you need either an asterisk before the condition or a correct non-zero
number on the flag line.
Second, a simple
:0
* conditions
{ EXITCODE=67 }
doesn't need to fork any other programs (like /bin/echo) nor a shell (if
/bin/echo is a shell script). It's a better way to go.