[bug #52209] Support for ifeq function

2017-10-11 Thread anonymous
Follow-up Comment #3, bug #52209 (project make): Thanks Paul for dealing with this so quickly. For the benefit of clarity (and the poster of comment #1), the parallel between what I propose and the existing preprocessor version is deliberate as I value consistency in design. There has been an eq

[bug #52209] Support for ifeq function

2017-10-11 Thread Paul D. Smith
Follow-up Comment #2, bug #52209 (project make): Those (ifeq, ifneq) are not functions, they're preprocessor conditionals. Only $(if ...) (and $(or ...) and $(and ...)) are functions. ___ Reply to this item at:

[bug #52209] Support for ifeq function

2017-10-11 Thread anonymous
Follow-up Comment #1, bug #52209 (project make): Ummm ... is this some kind of meta-April-fools joke, offset by 6 months? On the off chance that it's serious I refer you to the descriptions of the (yes) $(ifeq ...), $(ifneq ...), and $(if ...) functions in https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual

[bug #52209] Support for ifeq function

2017-10-11 Thread anonymous
URL: Summary: Support for ifeq function Project: make Submitted by: None Submitted on: Wed 11 Oct 2017 07:59:03 PM UTC Severity: 3 - Normal Item Group: Enhancement

[bug #52076] wildcard/glob should be sorted

2017-10-11 Thread anonymous
Follow-up Comment #13, bug #52076 (project make): There are two use-cases I know of where reintroducing sorting might cause problems and need reworking of existing makefiles. The first is where precedence is wanted. For example: $(firstword $(wildcard dir1/file dir2/file dir3/file)) Here, file