%% Matt Swift <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: ms> I understand the explanation, but I do not understand why, if it ms> applies to the $(basename) function, it does not apply to the ms> $(addsuffix) function. If addsuffix behaved like basename, then ms> the dependency list for the target foo.yy would be ".zz" instead ms> of "foo.yy.zz" (which it is by experiment -- that's why this was ms> in the test makefile). Well, it's a little obscure I suppose. Let's look: ms> foo.yy: %: $(addsuffix .zz, %) In this case, what does the function expand to? Well, it adds the .zz suffix to its arguments, so you'll get: foo.yy: %: %.zz OK, that works! Because when make goes through to replace the "%" characters with the proper values, it'll replace the "%" with "foo.yy" and you'll get "foo.yy.zz" just as you want. ms> foo.xx: %: $(basename %) In this case, what is basename of "%"? Just "%" itself, so you end up with this: foo.xx: %: % This is not correct, because it's equivalent to "foo.xx: foo.xx", which is never a good thing in a makefile :) -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Find some GNU make tips at: http://www.gnu.org http://www.paulandlesley.org/gmake/ "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make
