Problem with target specific variables

[Patrick West]

I have a makefile that looks like this

progs:=prog1 prog2

all : $(progs)

$(progs) : PROG=$@

$(progs) : % : %info
        @echo $(PROG)

%info :
        @echo $(PROG)


Pretty simple, except for one problem. Whe I get down to %info I am not 
getting what I want to get. The target specific variable PROG is set to 
$@, which I would think would be set to prog1 and prog2. Then the prog1 
depends on prog1info. The echo in %info now echos out prog1info instead 
of prog1. How can I get it so that PROG is set to prog1 for all the 
dependencies of prog1 (prog1info)?

I understand what is happening. PROG is set to $@, and $(PROG) is 
expanded within the context of the target. So in prog1info, for example, 
$@ is prog1info, so $(PROG) expands to prog1info.

The output I get is:
prog1info
prog1
prog2info
prog2

The output I would like to get is:
prog1
prog1
prog2
prog2

Any suggestions?

Thank you for your help!

Patrick West
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