Re: Expandable dependencies variables

[Michael Ludwig]

Miguel Guedes schrieb am 05.11.2012 um 16:35 (+0000):

> Is it possible to set dependencies in variables and then have GNU Make
> expand these dependencies? For instance, let's say we have a project
> that builds two binaries, foo and bar. Each of foo and bar have their
> own dependencies as defined below:
> 
> 
> BINARIES := foo bar
> 
> FOO_OBJECTS := foo_obj_1 foo_obj_2
> BAR_OBJECTS := bar_obj_1 bar_obj_2
> 
> 
> Now, how would one setup a generic Makefile such that for each target
> defined in $(BINARIES) the dependencies $($<_OBJECTS) are added
> automatically?

I don't know whether it's possible to solve this using Make - but you
could possibly use a makro language like m4 or a template and a Perl
script to achieve what you want.

Michael