#586: wrong usage of VERBOSE in Cactus make files -----------------------+---------------------------------------------------- Reporter: eschnett | Owner: knarf Type: defect | Status: accepted Priority: major | Milestone: ET_2011_10 Component: Cactus | Version: Resolution: | Keywords: -----------------------+----------------------------------------------------
Comment (by eschnett):
Yes, this seems to be the case on my system (Mac OSX). There are several echos available; there is /bin/echo, the bash builtin echo, and likely also a dash builtin echo, with dash being used as /bin/sh. My echo man page states that -n is available, but is not standard, and recommends printf instead.
I would use : for a no-op command.