Re: PG_CFLAGS rpath Passthrough Issue

On 2025-Mar-14, David E. Wheeler wrote:

> But, just. WAT. 30 years in this business and shell string escaping
> continues to elude me. I tried lots of different combinations of
> escaping, but this weird double-$ never occurred to me.

It's make. From its info manual:

6.1 Basics of Variable References

To substitute a variable’s value, write a dollar sign followed by the name
of the variable in parentheses or braces: either ‘$(foo)’ or ‘${foo}’ is a
valid reference to the variable foo. This special significance of
‘$’ is why you must write ‘$$’ to have the effect of a single dollar sign in
a file name or recipe.

I'm surprised that you don't need \$\$ though. I wonder if
make CFLAGS='-Wl,-rpath,$$ORIGIN'
isn't enough actually?

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