How to set pipefail in a Makefile

Question

Consider this Makfile:

all: 
    test 1 -eq 2 | cat
    echo 'done'

It will be executed with no error.

I've heard of set -o pipefail that I may use like this:

all: 
    set -o pipefail;     \
    test 1 -eq 2 | cat;  \
    echo 'done'

Apart that it does not work, this writing is very painful.

Another solution would be to use temporary files. I would like to avoid it.

What other solution can I use?

Answer 1

You can force pipefail on as part of make's SHELL invocation From equivalent of pipefail in GNU make?

SHELL=/bin/bash -o pipefail