Re: about immediate and deferred variable assignment in GNU make

[Lin George]

Thanks Paul,


I am using version 3.79.1. Does it mean I can not use
this function (info) in Makefile?

I just used the make shipped with Red Hat Shrike 9.0.


regards,
George

--- "Paul D. Smith" <address@hidden> wrote:

> %% Lin George <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>   >> info is a GNU make function (introduced in GNU
> make 3.81).
>   >> You can look it up in the GNU make manual.
>    
>   lg>   a=abc
>   lg>   all:
>   lg>           $(info $(a))
> 
> You don't have to put this into a rule, if you don't
> want to.
>    
>   lg>   when I use make in Linux, the output is,
>    
>   lg>   make: 'all' is up to date.
> 
> I said:
> 
>   lg> info is a GNU make function (introduced in GNU
> make 3.81).
> 
> Most likely you are using an older version of GNU
> make.
> 
> Use "make --version" to see what version you're
> using.
> 
> -- 
>
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