Re: setting macros/variables dynamically

[Paul Smith]

On Wed, 2007-10-31 at 22:43 -0400, David Boyce wrote:
> MYSQL_LIBS := $(shell mysql_config --libs)
> 
> Notice the := as well as the $(shell).

This will work well.  Alternatively, if you want to be portable to
other, non-GNU versions of make, you can use:

        MYSQL_LIBS = `mysql_config --libs`

Note that this will not be as efficient as David's solution.

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