How can invoke a shell to make a new environment to run a make inside another make?

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I would like in my GNUmakefile to have a target rule that invokes a new shell and then with the clean slate of the new shell invokes a new make.

What is the syntax to do this?

I tried this but it didn't work:

.PHONY: setup
setup:
 shell cd myDir; make; cd ..

It gets infinite repeat of the following error:

make[1]: Entering directory `/disk4/home/user/parent'
shell cd myDir; make; cd ..
/bin/sh: shell: command not found
make[1]: Entering directory `/disk4/home/user/parent'
shell cd myDir; make; cd ..
/bin/sh: shell: command not found
[...]

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