Benjamin Cama (2 August 2017 12:19)
> I may be doing something wrong, but the following Makefile gives me
> strange results: the target-specific variable does not apply when used
> for a target in a subdirectory.
>
> test-%: FOO = BAR
> test-%:
> echo $(FOO)
>
> E.g.:
>
> $ make test-stem
> echo BAR
> BAR
> $ make subdir/test-stem
> echo
>
> What am I doing wrong?
the target test-% doesn't match subdir/test-%
It only matches a name starting "test-" (with arbitrary suffix as %).
Contrast with %-stem, which matches test-stem as well as
subdir/test-stem, since % can stand for arbitrary things.
> PS: please Cc me, I'm not subscribed. Thanks.
Eddy.
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