Question about target specific variable

[Qingyi Grace Yu]

Hello,

I have a question about target specific variable. My Makefile consists of 
following parts:
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include file_1
...
LIBRARY = libftcaux.so
TARG = $(LIBDIR)/$(LIBRARY)
...
include file_2
*****************************

In file_1, there are:
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opt : $(TARGET)
...
opt : LIBDIR = $(PROTODIR)/opt/lib
...
*******************************

When I invoke make by "make opt", it returns
make: *** No rule to make target `/libftcaux.so', needed by `opt'.  Stop

That means LIBDIR is not defined in my Makefile. But if I change the target 
specific variable to a norml assignment, i.e. "LIBDIR = $(PROTODIR)/opt/lib" 
instead of "opt : LIBDIR = $(PROTODIR)/opt/lib", everything works fine.

Wondering if I'm doing anything wrong here. Could you help me?

Thanks,
-Grace

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