``` MPI_ROOT = $(shell ${R_SCMD} \ "library(pbdMPI);get.conf('MPI_ROOT','"${R_ARCH}"','pbdMPI')") ``` is working, but not ``` MPI_ROOT = $(shell ${R_SCMD} \ "pbdMPI:::get.conf('MPI_ROOT','"${R_ARCH}"','pbdMPI')") ```