%% Peter Knight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
pk> I have found that the following simple makefile produces an error
pk> with GNU make 3.77: (I have tried this using a PC running RH Linux
pk> 6.1 and an IBM RS/6000 running AIX 4.3.2, with the same results.)
pk> test/file.o : $$(@F)
pk> make: *** No rule to make target `$(@F)', needed by `test/file.o'. Stop.
pk> Clearly there is a problem with the $$(@F) dependency.
Yes, there is... and it's that GNU make doesn't support this syntax
(double-$$ variables on the prerequisites list).
This is not standard make syntax, and a number of versions of make don't
support it. GNU make is one of them.
The GNU make manual has a chapter "Incompatibilities and Missing
Features", and this is listed there along with a possible workaround
(the workaround will work for some ways of using $$@, but not all).
HTH...
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