Re: Only one pattern-specific variable assignment per target?

[Paul D. Smith]

%% Jonathan Kamens <address@hidden> writes:

  jk> Alas, we've found another problem with pattern-specific variable
  jk> assignments in 3.79.1 that is independent of my fix and that I don't
  jk> have time to debug right now.  If you put this into a Makefile:

  jk>   a.b:
  jk>     echo $(RULE)

  jk>   RULE = $(basename $@)

  jk>   # This line causes "$@" in the first part of "RULE" to be "undefined".
  jk>   a.b: RULE += oops

  jk> And run "make" on it, it'll echo "oops" when it should echo "a oops".
  jk> It appears that the "$(basename $@)" is being expanded too early.

This has been fixed in CVS for a while; the fix will be in the next
release of GNU make.  If you like I can send you a patch.

  jk> P.S. It would be nice if bug reports about Make were acknowledged in
  jk> some way.

I acknowledge them to the best of my ability.  Have reported bugs that
weren't acknowledged?

  jk> P.P.S. Is address@hidden archived anywhere?

Sure... see the bottom of each message:

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If you're looking for something with search capabilities, there are a
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Google about "bug-make archives" for example.

  jk> Is there a newsgroup associated with it?

No.

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