%% Torsten Mohr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
tm> But this changes my understanding of how "make" works,
tm> i wrote the rules for SRC and OBJ with the normal "="
tm> sign, explicitly NOT "=:".
tm> Did i miss something in the documentation about variable
tm> expansion in Makefiles? To my (previous) understanding
tm> the order of lines with normal assignments ("=") should
tm> never matter.
No, that's not true.
tm> It would be great if anybody could give me some hints
tm> regarding this issue.
Read the GNU make manual section on "How 'make' Reads a Makefile". This
describes in detail the difference between "immediate" and "deferred"
expansion and shows where in makefiles each takes place.
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