Re: creation of a directory

[Noel Yap]

Boris Kolpackov wrote:
> 
> Hi Noel,
> 
> > Since there is a workaround, simplifying GNU make in this respect
> > isn't worth it.
> 
> Speaking of workaround, having the following implicit rule
> 
> %/. :
>         @mkdir $*
> 
> you cannot just write
> 
> foo : bar/
> 
> instead you will have to write
> 
> foo : bar/.
> 
> which is quite ugly and unnatural. It is one story to write something
> ugly in implicit rule (once) and the other to ask users of your implicit
> rule to write something ugly (many times).

I agree.

It's even uglier when you're dealing with macros:

$(FOO): $(dir $(FOO)).

Noel
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