Re: Target specific and automatic variables

[Pierre Habraken]

"Paul D. Smith" wrote:
> 
> %% Pierre Habraken <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>   ph> foo: FOOVAR = bla bla
>   ph> foo: $(FOOVAR)
>   ph>         echo $^
> 
>   ph> I'd expect that running this makefile should produce:
> 
>   ph> echo bla bla
>   ph> bla bla
> 
>   ph> Instead it produces:
> 
>   ph> echo
> 
>   ph> Could someone tell me what I missed ?
> 
> >From the GNU make manual, section "Target-Specific Variable Values":
> 
> > As with automatic variables, these values are only available within
> > the context of a target's command script (and in other
> > target-specific assignments).

This is clearly stated at the beginning of the section but I missed
it ! Sorry for the trouble...

Pierre
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