Re: Target specific and automatic variables

[Paul D. Smith]

%% Pierre Habraken <address@hidden> writes:

  ph> foo: FOOVAR = bla bla
  ph> foo: $(FOOVAR)
  ph>         echo $^

  ph> I'd expect that running this makefile should produce:

  ph> echo bla bla
  ph> bla bla

  ph> Instead it produces:

  ph> echo 

  ph> Could someone tell me what I missed ?

>From the GNU make manual, section "Target-Specific Variable Values":

> As with automatic variables, these values are only available within
> the context of a target's command script (and in other target-specific
> assignments).

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