Hi, I'm using GNU make 3.79.1 (with redhat 7.3 intel) I'm stuck - I can't seem to figure out how to do a computed variable reference, or maybe this is a subst function call. This describes the problem
I have two non trival list of make targets that need to be built by make. The lists are really identical except that one is for a debug build, the other is for a release build. The ordered list is built like this xXx_ORDER += FOO_xXx_step1 xXx_ORDER += BLAH_xXx_OTHER xXx_ORDER += THIS_xXx_THAT I can then convert the xXx into DBG or REL via the subst function like this RAW_DBG_ORDER=$(subst xXx,DBG,$(xXx_ORDER)) RAW_REL_ORDER=$(subst xXx,DBG,$(xXx_ORDER)) My next step is I want to convert the value of the two orders into macros... in effect, I want to do something like this: DBG_ORDER=$(RAW_DBG_ORDER:%=$(%)) REL_ORDER=$(RAW_REL_ORDER:%=$(%)) The above fails. I was hoping for: DBG_ORDER=${FOO_DBG_step1} ${BLAH_DBG_OTHER} ${THIS_DBG_THAT} REL_ORDER=${FOO_REL_step1} ${BLAH_REL_OTHER} ${THIS_REL_THAT} The result of which are macros that are defined in othe places, which I now want Make to evaluate and subsitute. I have also tried the $(call ...) macro within a $(foreach ...) I'm not getting any where. I have also tried to construct this with a computed variable reference such as shown in central part of the 'Computed Variable' info page. Unfortunatly that example is close - but not the cigar that I am looking for - it does not iterate over the list of macros. The nearest I have come is to execute a $(shell ...) passing the stuff I need to a bash for loop that echos the text I'm looking for. But - I can't seem to get make to evaluate the resulting text in other places. Instead, the ${VAR} reference remains literally. Perhaps there is another way. Am I doing something wrong? Any suggestions? -Thanks. Duane. _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make