>> Synopsis:       Makefile.inc for lib{kern,compat} uses " for passing variables to sub-make

> IDENT=-DFOO="variable with a space" -DBAR=$$SHELL
> in the kernel Makefile, attempting to make libkern.a results in
> results in the following make command being run
> make -f <file> CC="-DFOO="variable with a space" -DBAR="$SHELL" "
> which expands to
> make -f <file> CC="-DFOO=variable with a space -DBAR=/bin/sh"

Er, to the equivalent of
make -f <file> CC=-DFOO=variable with a "space -DBAR=/bin/sh "

> In the Makefile.inc for libkern and libcompat, pass sub-variables
> with single quotes.

That won't help much, because then it will misbehave in the presence of

IDENT=-DFOO='variable with a space'

There is no good fix, short of teaching make about shell quoting
conventions and introducing a syntax saying "expand this variable,
quoting shell metacharacters".  Which IMO would be really ugly.

					der Mouse

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