%% Lorenzo Bettini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: lb> foo.o: foo.c lb> gcc -c $< -o $@
lb> in that $< is not expanded...
lb> is this a known bug?
Depends on what you mean by "bug". It's not a bug in that it's expected behavior in some versions of make that automatic variables like $< are not available in explicit rules: they're only available in implicit/suffix rules.
ops... I didn't know that.
It is a "bug" in that this behavior is stupid and broken. But that's a problem with the version of make you're using, not automake or autoconf.
indeed I never said it was a problem with automake and autoconf, but with make :-)
On Linux etc. you're using GNU make which doesn't have this problem; I guess the BSD version of make that comes with FreeBSD etc. does.
it really does
If you are seeing this problem then it is most likely due to customized make rules added by the package maintainer... if that's you, you should avoid them; if it's someone else you should file a bug report about this.
indeed I am the maintainer... the strange thing is that I have never been reported about such a problem by freebsd users.
now that I know this I'll avoid $< in explicit rules!
thanks
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