Re: checking syntax on multiple files

$ cat Makefile 
all: doit.pl doit2.pl
        for pl in $^ ;\
        do \
        perl -c $$pl ;\
        done
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Re^2: checking syntax on multiple files by xorl (Deacon) on Jan 09, 2013 at 20:01 UTC
Thanks, but it isn't quite right. if doit.pl has a problem but doit2.pl is ok, it doesn't stop the install Using the filenames from my question. Foo has a syntax error while bar is a ok. This proceeds to install the files when I want to prevent that: `install: foo bar for pl in $^; do perl -c -Mstrict $$pl; done $(INSTALL) $^ /home/ltharris/tests/makestuf /installdir` [download] Any other suggestions? Thanks in advance.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: checking syntax on multiple files by Anonymous Monk on Jan 09, 2013 at 21:41 UTC
Make only cares about the exit status of the shell; the shell eats them in the for loop. Try `perl -c -Mstrict $$pl \|\| exit 1` (I'm not a make wizard but I might try to create a "perl -c" target for each of the files in question. Well, a transformation rule perhaps. No idea on how to achieve that...)	[reply] [d/l]