Re: Problem with static pattern rules and full path

[Paul D. Smith]

%% Dale King <address@hidden> writes:

  >> You could do one of two things: use the VPATH variable as a
  >> target-specific (or pattern-specific) variable (I think this will
  >> work).

  dk> No, it doesn't appear to work.

Hm.  I guess VPATH is parsed early and not re-parsed for each target.
This could be considered a bug, or at least an area for enhancement.

  >> Or, use a more restrictive pattern for vpath, so instead of:
  >> 
  >> vpath %.c ...
  >> 
  >> you do something like:
  >> 
  >> vpath $(prefix)/%.c ...
  >> 
  >> where the prefix variable restricts the values to match the
  >> "current" location, whatever that is.

  dk> That doesn't seem to work either.

It will definitely work, if you can compute the proper value of prefix.
Which you may not be able to do, depending on your environment.

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