RE: Question about the proper use of the eval function

[Sarbak, Joseph T.]

The previous email contained a typo, which I have fixed in this update.  The results and questions remain.  Thank you in advance.

I am trying to dynamically generate targets in my makefile.  Below is a simple example of what I am trying to do.  I must be either doing something wrong or am trying to do something impossible with gnu make.  I would greatly appreciate help from anyone on how to to this properly.

My makefile:

define my-test

my_target:
        echo "hi from my target"

endef

$(eval $(call my_test) )

From the Command-Line:

bash-2.05b$ make my_target
make: *** No rule to make target `my_target'.  Stop.
bash-2.05b$

Joseph T. Sarbak
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