So this has annoyed me forever. Why don't we simply use regexes in
pattern rules! I'd like to do something like:
$(PUBLIC_IDL_DIR)/.*/([^/]+): \1
$(INSTALL_READONLY)
Also why not have a regsub instead of patsub? Is there some reason why
regexes are being carefully kept out of make?
I typically run into this when I want to install something into a
directory hierarchy and have no way of generating the pattern rule
with a wildcard for the directory.
Another beef I have is why can't I generate rules using a foreach? So
I could also do the above with something like:
$(foreach idl_file,$(PUBLIC_IDL),$(PUBLIC_IDL_DIR)/$(idl_file) :
$(PUBLIC_IDL_DIR)/$(dir $(idl_file))/% : % \
$(INSTALL_READ_ONLY) \
)
This doesn't do what I expect at all.
-Kirat
PS This isn't really a bug, but I'm afraid I couldn't find a better
mailing list. Please flame if you feel the need ;-)
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