Is it possible to create a multi-line string variable in a Makefile

Question

I want to create a makefile variable that is a multi-line string (e.g. the body of an email release announcement). something like

ANNOUNCE_BODY=\"
Version $         


        

Answer 1

Assuming you only want to print the content of your variable on standard output, there is another solution :

do-echo:
    $(info $(YOUR_MULTILINE_VAR))