Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > #!/bin/sh > cat >make.file <<\EOF > all:: > ifeq ($(FSMONITOR_DAEMON_BACKEND),) > echo it is empty > endif > ifdef FSMONITOR_DAEMON_BACKEND An obvious typo. This must be "ifndef", of course. > echo it is undefined > endif > EOF > > echo "unset???" > make -f make.file > > echo "set to empty???" > make -f make.file FSMONITOR_DAEMON_BACKEND= > > These two make invocations will give us the same result, showing > that "is it set to empty" and "is it unset" are the same.