On Fri, 11 Mar 2005, Paul D. Smith wrote: > %% "Robert P. J. Day" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: ... snip ... > rpjd> i realize i can get the same effect by, say, writing a macro > rpjd> involving "filter-out", but is there a reason the above couldn't > rpjd> be done? > > Why do you need a macro? Just write it; that's what filter-out is for: > > VAR := $(filter-out wilma bambam,$(VAR))
um ... cuz i didn't realize you could have an arbitrary list of elements there. :-( all of the examples i saw in the o'reilly book only ever had a single string or a single pattern, so i thought that's all it could do. gack. TGIF. rday _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
