Re: Documentation issue

2019-09-22 Thread Paul Smith
On Thu, 2019-09-05 at 16:49 -0400, Peter Marshall wrote: > 5.3 Recipe Execution > > foo : bar/lose > cd $(@D) && gobble $(@F) > ../$@ Indeed this is incorrect. I've updated the manual. Thanks for mentioning this! ___ Bug-make mailing list Bu

Documentation issue

2019-09-05 Thread Peter Marshall
Hello, I think I found a documentation issue in the GNU make manual. Section 5.3 of the GNU make manual *implies *that $(@D) and $(@F) expand to the prerequisite path and file respectively, but section 10.5.3 says they expand according to the filename of the target. https://www.gnu.org/software

documentation issue with $^

2013-01-11 Thread John Ulvr
$^ and $+ are defined twice in the documentation (http://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html). The second time, it does not mention the exclusion of order-only dependencies, implying they are included. $^ The names of all the prerequisites, with spaces between them. For prerequisites