How to assign the output of a command to a Makefile variable

Question

I need to execute some make rules conditionally, only if the Python installed is greater than a certain version (say 2.5).

I thought I could do something like execut

Answer 1

In the below example, I have stored the Makefile folder path to LOCAL_PKG_DIR and then use LOCAL_PKG_DIR variable in targets.

Makefile:

LOCAL_PKG_DIR := $(shell eval pwd)

.PHONY: print
print:
    @echo $(LOCAL_PKG_DIR)

Terminal output:

$ make print
/home/amrit/folder