On 3/26/07, David Greene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Does make define a variable named COMPILE.c? I have a Makefile
that uses it but I don't see it defined anywhere. I don't see
it mentioned in the info docs (3.81).
Yes, GNU make has such a variable. The info pages mention it on the
"Catalogue of Rules" page:
However, the commands in built-in implicit rules actually use
variables such as `COMPILE.c', `LINK.p', and `PREPROCESS.S', whose
values contain the commands listed above.
If make does define this, are similar variables available for
C++, Fortran, etc.?
Yes. IMHO, the simplest way to see all the variables and rules that
are predefined is to examine the (copious) output of "make -pq -f
/dev/null"
Philip Guenther
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