RE: looking for help with auto creating rules with eval hierarchically GOT IT TO WORK :) :) :)

[PATTON, BILLY \(SBCSI\)]

PROJECTS := lde ldg ldm ldf ldw lbf ldb
BB_lde := a
BB_ldg := b c
BB_ldm := d e f
BB_ldf := g h i j
BB_ldw := k l n m o
BB_lbf := p q r s t u
BB_ldb := v w x y z aa ab
.PHONY : all BB_lde BB_ldg BB_ldm BB_ldf BB_ldw BB_lbf BB_ldb
define bb_template
 $(1): ; @echo $(1)
endef
BBlist := $(foreach proj,$(PROJECTS),$(foreach bb,$(addprefix
BB_,$(proj)),$(shell echo $(bb))))
all : ${BBlist}

$(foreach proj,$(PROJECTS),$(foreach bb,$(addprefix BB_,$(proj)),$(eval
$(call bb_template,${bb}))))

-----Original Message-----
From: John Graham-Cumming [mailto:address@hidden On Behalf Of John
Graham-Cumming
Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 8:50 AM
To: PATTON, BILLY (SBCSI)
Cc: address@hidden
Subject: Re: looking for help with auto creating rules with eval
hierarchically


PATTON, BILLY (SBCSI) wrote:
> I shortened your foreach statement to
> $(foreach proj,$(PROJECTS), $(eval $(call bb_template,$(BB_$(proj)))))
> 
> Doesn't this eliminate one foreach loop?

It does, but what do you intend it to do now.  This ends up calling 
bb_template with the value of each BB_ variable which is a list.

John.
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