Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I didn't look to see how these are defined but I don't see how they can > work in general. > > Consider, for example, something like this: > > XXFLAGS += -a > > foo.yy: foo.xx > $(XX) $(XXFLAGS) -o $@ $< > > The XXFLAGS reference is embedded into a rule, so if you change the name > of the variable it won't resolve properly when the rule is invoked. > > > You can do this kind of frame idea only if you never have any rules > defined in your included makefiles... right?
Not quite for I use target/pattern-specific variables in rules. It proved to work surprisingly well for me. -boris
signature.asc
Description: Digital signature
_______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
