Use grep in a GNU make if-statement-CodePudding

First: I'm pretty new to linux and I'm already sorry for asking a probably dumb question.
I have a makefile that compiles a latex text into a pdf. That creates a logfile and I have to search for a string in that log file and compile again if the string is in the log-file. So everything works fine until to the point of my if-statement. I'm trying to check for the sub-string with the grep command but dont get it to work. In my solution the if statement is executed even if the substring is not in my logfile.

GREP_FINDINGS := $(shell grep 'undefhrined' linux-20.log)

all: clean linux-20.pdf
ifeq ($(GREP_FINDINGS),)
    pdflatex linux-20
endif

linux-20.pdf:
    pdflatex linux-20
    bibtex linux-20
    pdflatex linux-20
    
.PHONY: clean
    
clean:
    echo Cleaning .aux .bbl .blg .log files
    -rm -f *.aux *.bbl *.blg *.log *.pdf
    echo Cleaning complete.

CodePudding user response：

Some parts of this question make me uneasy (such as something being undefined after the first pass but all square after the second -- or third?), but if what you're asking for is actually what you want, then I'd put the conditional inside the rule:

linux-20.pdf:
    pdflatex linux-20
    bibtex linux-20
    pdflatex linux-20
    !(grep undefined linux-20.log) || pdflatex linux-20