%% Laird Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
ln> OK, I looked into this problem because I, too, suspected it was MY
ln> problem, not GNU make's. But unfortunately (or fortunately!) I was able
ln> to duplicate it reliably:
ln> Make a makefile like this in /var/tmp/tree1:
ln> vpath %
"Paul D. Smith" wrote:
>
> If what you state is actually happening, I think it's a bug (that is, a
> target that is found with a vpath path of /a/b/c/foo.x but $* is only
> "foo").
OK, I looked into this problem because I, too, suspected it was MY
problem, not GNU make's. But unfortunately (or
%% Laird Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
ln> In a pattern rule like this:
ln> $(SOME_JAR_FILES) : %.jar : Foo Bar Blah
ln> ...I can't write it to look like this:
ln> $(SOME_JAR_FILES) : %.jar : $(SOME_VAR_FOR_%_CONTAINING_FILENAMES)
Right.
Variable and function references in targe
In a pattern rule like this:
$(SOME_JAR_FILES) : %.jar : Foo Bar Blah
...I can't write it to look like this:
$(SOME_JAR_FILES) : %.jar : $(SOME_VAR_FOR_%_CONTAINING_FILENAMES)
...and I can't write it like this:
$(SOME_JAR_FILES) : %.jar : $(SOME_VAR_FOR_$(*)_CONTAINING_FILENAMES)
Can I do wh
