> So if you invoke a tool that expects some arguments wrapped in parentheses, you need to do stuff like ...like $(patsubst)? $(patsubst %,(%),$(PARAMS)) Th

> So if you invoke a tool that expects some arguments wrapped in parentheses, you need to do stuff like ...like $(patsubst)? $(patsubst %,(%),$(PARAMS)) Though the part about quoting still stands. And I couldn't be bothered with checking whether the $(patsubst) is a function defined in SUS or is GNU specific.