Index: trunk/MagicSoft/Mars/Makefile.conf.general
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--- trunk/MagicSoft/Mars/Makefile.conf.general	(revision 8734)
+++ trunk/MagicSoft/Mars/Makefile.conf.general	(revision 8892)
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #
 
-ROOTLIBS   =  `root-config --libs` -lASImage -lMinuit -lHistPainter -lThread
-ROOTGLIBS  =  `root-config --glibs` -lASImage -lMinuit -lHistPainter -lThread
-ROOTCFLAGS =  `root-config --cflags`
+ROOTLIBS   := $(shell root-config --libs) -lASImage -lMinuit -lHistPainter -lThread
+ROOTGLIBS  := $(shell root-config --glibs) -lASImage -lMinuit -lHistPainter -lThread
+ROOTCFLAGS := $(shell root-config --cflags)
 
 #
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@
 #   export MARSLIBS="-lX11 -lXpm -L/usr/X11R6/lib"
 #
-DEFINES	 = -DMARSVER=\"\<cvs\>\" -D__MARS__ $(ARCHDEF) $(MARSDEFINES)
+DEFINES	 := -DMARSVER=\"\<cvs\>\" -D__MARS__ $(ARCHDEF) $(MARSDEFINES)
 
 CXXFLAGS = $(ROOTCFLAGS) $(INCLUDES) $(OPTIM) $(DEBUG) $(DEFINES)