Re: gnu make manual tweak/fix to example used in 8.8 The eval Function

[Paul D. Smith]

%% James Coleman <address@hidden> writes:

  jc>  Two lines had problems: (see original Makefile and modified one (as in 
  jc> tgz) below)
  jc>    $(1): $$($(1)_OBJ) $$($(1)_LIBS:%=-l%)
  jc>  and
  jc>       $(LINK.o) $^ $(LDLIBS) -o $@

  jc> The first makes e.g. -lpriv and -lprotocol dependancies of server
  jc> or client.  Probably not what is intended.

Actually, it is what was intended.  GNU make handles -lfoo prerequisites
specially.  See the GNU make manual.

  jc>  On the second line the $(LINK.o) looks quite dodgy.

I don't know why you say that.

In fact, LINK.o is a predefined variable in GNU make that does the right
thing to link a bunch of .o's together.

You can use "make -pf/dev/null" to get a full listing of the default
rules and variables.


Cheers!

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