%% "Michael Sterrett -Mr. Bones.-" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
ms> Is there any way to dynamically generate vpath directives?
No.
ms> LIBS = -L/auto/lib/oracle/7.3.4.4.0 -L/auto/lib -L/lib -lsubslib -loroe \
ms> -lcrtlib -ltermcap -ldate -lutil -lsqlgen -lpsclib -lbitrange -lbcf -lstr \
ms> -lrgetrotate -lrpc \
ms> And generate something like this:
ms> vpath %.a /auto/lib/oracle/7.3.4.4.0
ms> vpath %.so /auto/lib/oracle/7.3.4.4.0
ms> vpath %.a /auto/lib
ms> vpath %.so /auto/lib
ms> vpath %.a /lib
ms> vpath %.so /lib
ms> I can dynamically create the VPATH variable:
ms> VPATH = $(subst -L,,$(sort $(filter -L%,$(LIBS))))
ms> and that works, but setting VPATH allows gmake to go searching for
ms> missing files other then libraries in VPATH directories and I
ms> don't want it to do that. I was thinking that since vpath can be
ms> based on file extension that I would use that, but since it's a
ms> directive, I don't see how I can generate it dynamically without
ms> getting messy with sed and including a file or something.
Including a file is the only thing you can do. You don't need sed,
though.
include vpaths.mk
vpaths.mk: Makefile
for L in $(patsubst -L%,,$(filter -L%,$(LIBS))); do \
echo "vpath %.a $$L"; echo "vpath %.so $$L"; \
done
I'm working on a new feature which I intend to be the main focus of GNU
make 3.80 which will make what you want to do possible without needing a
auto-re-exec trick as above.
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