%% John Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
je> I am using the cygwin Make under NT4. I am having a problem using
je> the automatic variables $(*F) and $(*D) in my makefile, they don't
je> hold any value. The other automatic variables such as $(@F) and
je> $(<D) do work.
je> DUMMY_2 = $(OBJECTS:.o=.d2)
je> $(DUMMY_2) :
je> @ rm $(*D)/$(*F).d
je> make -f makefile.dbg $(*D)/$(*F).d
je> @ type $(*D)/$(*F).d >>depend.d
Read the description of the $* attribute in the GNU make manual,
section "Automatic Variables". You have an explicit rule here, not an
implicit or static pattern rule, and ".d2" is not a known suffix, so the
behavior you see is exactly as documented.
You can use the $(basename ...) function to remove the suffix, rather
than using $* and friends.
Also, you should see my web page below for a paper on a much more
sophisticated way of handling dependency generation than you appear to
be using here... try it; you'll like it.
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