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Re: [bug #51269] Reusing data from targets for prerequisites
From: |
Edward Welbourne |
Subject: |
Re: [bug #51269] Reusing data from targets for prerequisites |
Date: |
Tue, 20 Jun 2017 08:53:12 +0000 |
Markus Elfring (19 June 2017 19:34):
> The documentation contains the following information:
> “…
> It’s very important that you recognize the limited scope in which automatic
> variable values are available: they only have values within the recipe.
> …”
>
> How are the chances to adjust this software restriction?
>
> I would appreciate if parts from target names can also be occasionally reused
> for prerequisite specifications.
> Would it make sense to allow that another special syntax will denote
> additional placeholders (similar to the handling of the percent character)?
Take a look at
https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Static-Usage.html
It may enable what you want already. Otherwise, give a specific example
of what it is you can't do with the existing syntax.
Eddy.
Re: [bug #51269] Reusing data from targets for prerequisites, SF Markus Elfring, 2017/06/20