Paul, Thank you for your responses. Before I took this job I thought I knew something about make. I have learned a lot in the last month and can see where I had some very simple examples before. Long unnecessarily long, it was just easier. But now to avoid a 50k+ long makefile I need all the "tricks" I can use. Makes for a much more complex file but by reducing every source to lists and using the eval to generate rules, it simplifies extending all sources.
Before this job I thought I was at @ a 7, on a scale of 1..10 for knowledge/use of make. Now I realize I was maybe a 3. I'm climbing, consider myself at about a 6 now. By the time this is over in August, I may even volunteer to help support make. > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul D. Smith > Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 8:42 AM > To: PATTON, BILLY (SBCSI) > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Can I have a variable and target the same name > > > %% "PATTON, BILLY \(SBCSI\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > pb> Can I have a variable and a target be the same name > > Sure. Variables and targets are in completely different namespaces. > There can be no confusion since a variable reference is > prefixed with a > "$". > > -- > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------------- > Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Find some GNU make tips at: > http://www.gnu.org http://make.paulandlesley.org > "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a > professional." --Mad Scientist > _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
