Re: how to force immediate evaluation of a variable

[Paul D. Smith]

%% "Kris Thielemans" <address@hidden> writes:

  kt> I'm getting into recursive makefiles, and in a few directories
  kt> want to include a file that will do most of the tricks. That file
  kt> looks for instance as follows

  kt> --- clean.mk ---
  kt> clean_$(dir):
  kt>   rm $(dir)*.o

This is what automatic variables are for.  You should always use those
inside a command script when you want to refer to the target or
prerequisites.

For example:

    clean_$(dir):
        rm $(@:clean_%=%)

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