Re: VPATH as a pattern variable

[Paul Smith]

On Thu, 2007-04-05 at 13:12 -0400, Martin DAnjou wrote:
> I do not understand why I get "no rule to make target" with this
> makefile:

> d_%.v: VPATH=src_dir

VPATH settings in target-specific variables are not currently valid.  I
believe there was an enhancement request about this at one point, but I
couldn't find it in a quick search through the bug database.

However, why not just use:

        vpath d_%.v src_dir

?  Doesn't this do the same thing?

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