The following reply was made to PR bin/148024; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Garrett Wollman <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: bin/148024: Some built-in AT&T/POSIX compat make variables are broken Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2010 22:46:33 -0400 (EDT)
In article <mit.lcs.mail.freebsd-bugs/[email protected]>, [email protected] writes: >foo: bar > @echo target: $@ prereq: $< >$ make -f ~/Makefile.prereq foo >target: foo prereq: > >The above invocation should have printed out: > >target: foo prereq: bar No. $< is only defined for pattern rules. >$< > In an inference rule, the $< macro shall evaluate to the filename >whose existence allowed the inference rule to be chosen for the target. >In the .DEFAULT rule, the $< macro shall evaluate to the current target >name. The meaning of the $< macro shall be otherwise unspecified. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -GAWollman _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-bugs To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
