%% Kyle Moffett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> define some_all >> all: >> echo 'This is "all" speaking' >> endef >> $(some_all)
This is not legal. In fact, it doesn't work (at least not for me). Now, if you'd written this: define some_all all: ; @echo 'This is "all" speaking' endef $(some_all) then _THAT_ would work. Basically, the issue is that make reads its input line-by-line, and every line can be exactly one thing: one target definition, one variable definition, one command script line, etc. Further, once that line is read in then it is never "re-parsed" after variable expansion to see if it magically became multiple lines during expansion. So, because your example contains multiple lines it cannot work. Because my example contains only one line, it does work. >> define some_all >> all: >> echo 'This is "all" speaking' >> >> .PHONY: all >> endef >> $(some_all) This one is even less "correct" than your first one. km> I am not sure if the second case is in fact a bug, or if the first km> case is merely an unsupported feature, in which case I'd like to km> request such a feature. On the other hand, perhaps there is a km> better way to do what I need to do. Make sure you have GNU make 3.80 or better, and look up the $(eval ...) function. It allows you to do exactly what you're looking for here. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Find some GNU make tips at: http://www.gnu.org http://make.paulandlesley.org "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make
