From 2c9eb951ada555f789a4a59fcbf23af3371a0f4f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Pizzolato <mark@infocomm.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2023 15:58:26 -1000
Subject: [PATCH] makefile: avoid using an intermediate file to get a newline
 in a variable

---
 makefile | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index eb6651b1..53068cdf 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -2923,10 +2923,11 @@ else # end of primary make recipies
   OBJS = $(addsuffix .o,$(addprefix $(BLDDIR)/,$(basename $(notdir $(DEPS)))))
   $(shell $(MKDIR) $(call pathfix,$(BLDDIR)))
   ifeq (,$(findstring 3.,$(GNUMakeVERSION)))
-    $(file >$(call pathfix,$(BLDDIR)/NEWLINE.file),)
-    $(file >>$(call pathfix,$(BLDDIR)/NEWLINE.file),)
-    NEWLINE = $(file < $(call pathfix,$(BLDDIR)/NEWLINE.file))
-    $(shell $(RM) $(call pathfix,$(BLDDIR)/NEWLINE.file))
+  define BARLINE
+|
+|
+endef
+    NEWLINE=$(subst |,,$(BARLINE))
     MAKE_INFO = $(foreach VAR,CC OPTS DEPS LDFLAGS DIRS BUILD_SEPARATE,$(VAR)=$($(VAR))$(NEWLINE))
     ifneq ($(MAKE_INFO),$(file <$(call pathfix,$(BLDDIR)/Make.info))$(NEWLINE))
       # Different or no prior options, so start from scratch