Re: a small question about subst

[Ken Smith]

Cool.  Thanks for the corrections.

  Ken

On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 04:34:35PM -0400, Paul D. Smith wrote:
> %% Ken Smith <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>   ks> Without seeing your code, I can only assume that you are trying to
>   ks> do this in the command section of a rule.  If that is the case,
>   ks> you'll need to use sed or something similar.
> 
> Not true.
> 
>   ks> The GNU make functions will be processed when the files are read
>   ks> and not when the targets are run.
> 
> No.  Only parts of the makefile which are processed "immediately" are
> processed when the files are read in.  It has nothing to do with what
> KIND of thing it is (variables, functions, etc.) and everything to do
> with WHERE in the makefile it appears.
> 
> The section "How make Reads a Makefile" in the manual explains which
> parts of the makefile are expanded immediately, and which are deferred.
> 
> The contents of the command scripts are always deferred.
> 
>   ks> my_root=root
> 
>   ks> file1.out: $(my_root)/folder1/file1
>   ks>         @echo "modified prerequisite=\"`echo $< | sed -e 
> 's/folder1\///'`\""
> 
> This is way overkill; a simple:
> 
>    file1.out: $(my_root)/folder1/file1
>            @echo 'modified prerequisite="$(subst folder1/,,$<)"'
> 
> will work fine.
> 
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