Assign variable once when first used in Makefile [duplicate]

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How do I only invoke a make shell function once in a variable expansion, and only when the variable is first used? I don't want to use := to expand at declaration time (ie: simple expansion) because the expansion is expensive and only some of my targets need the variable.



I tried using conditional variable assignment but it invokes the shell every time, for example, the following invokes shell ls twice:



.PHONY: test



FILES ?= $(warning Invoking the shell)$(shell ls)



test:

    echo $(FILES) one

    echo $(FILES) two





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    A longer writeup is here: make.mad-scientist.net/deferred-simple-variable-expansion

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  • How to get “at most once” semantics in variable assignments?

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How do I only invoke a make shell function once in a variable expansion, and only when the variable is first used? I don't want to use := to expand at declaration time (ie: simple expansion) because the expansion is expensive and only some of my targets need the variable.



I tried using conditional variable assignment but it invokes the shell every time, for example, the following invokes shell ls twice:



.PHONY: test



FILES ?= $(warning Invoking the shell)$(shell ls)



test:

    echo $(FILES) one

    echo $(FILES) two





makefile gnu-make







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    A longer writeup is here: make.mad-scientist.net/deferred-simple-variable-expansion

    – MadScientist
    Nov 18 '18 at 14:23














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  • How to get “at most once” semantics in variable assignments?

    2 answers




How do I only invoke a make shell function once in a variable expansion, and only when the variable is first used? I don't want to use := to expand at declaration time (ie: simple expansion) because the expansion is expensive and only some of my targets need the variable.



I tried using conditional variable assignment but it invokes the shell every time, for example, the following invokes shell ls twice:



.PHONY: test



FILES ?= $(warning Invoking the shell)$(shell ls)



test:

    echo $(FILES) one

    echo $(FILES) two





makefile gnu-make







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  • How to get “at most once” semantics in variable assignments?

    2 answers




How do I only invoke a make shell function once in a variable expansion, and only when the variable is first used? I don't want to use := to expand at declaration time (ie: simple expansion) because the expansion is expensive and only some of my targets need the variable.



I tried using conditional variable assignment but it invokes the shell every time, for example, the following invokes shell ls twice:



.PHONY: test



FILES ?= $(warning Invoking the shell)$(shell ls)



test:

    echo $(FILES) one

    echo $(FILES) two




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  • How to get “at most once” semantics in variable assignments?

    2 answers







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marked as duplicate by Renaud Pacalet, Community♦ Nov 21 '18 at 6:54


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    A longer writeup is here: make.mad-scientist.net/deferred-simple-variable-expansion

    – MadScientist
    Nov 18 '18 at 14:23














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    A longer writeup is here: make.mad-scientist.net/deferred-simple-variable-expansion

    – MadScientist
    Nov 18 '18 at 14:23








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A longer writeup is here: make.mad-scientist.net/deferred-simple-variable-expansion

– MadScientist
Nov 18 '18 at 14:23





A longer writeup is here: make.mad-scientist.net/deferred-simple-variable-expansion

– MadScientist
Nov 18 '18 at 14:23












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Move the assignment inside the recipe



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    FILES=$$(ls) ;

    echo $$FILES one ;

    echo $$FILES two





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    Move the assignment inside the recipe



    test:
    
    FILES=$$(ls) ;
    
    echo $$FILES one ;
    
    echo $$FILES two





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      Move the assignment inside the recipe



      test:
      
    FILES=$$(ls) ;
      
    echo $$FILES one ;
      
    echo $$FILES two





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        Move the assignment inside the recipe



        test:
        
    FILES=$$(ls) ;
        
    echo $$FILES one ;
        
    echo $$FILES two





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        Move the assignment inside the recipe



        test:
        
    FILES=$$(ls) ;
        
    echo $$FILES one ;
        
    echo $$FILES two






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