Re: Inconsistent VPATH behavior ..

[Paul D. Smith]

VPATH is useful only to find source files from the destination
directory, it cannot be used to find destination files from the source
directory.

I think that's what your trying to do here: run make in the source
directory and put the results in a different directory.  VPATH cannot be
used in that environment.

You might take a look at my web site below: there's an in-depth
discussion of how VPATH works (and doesn't).

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