Re: functions on prerequisites

[Paul D. Smith]

%% Jim McElwaine <address@hidden> writes:

  jm> I want to make rules like the following

  jm> $(A): %: $(dir %)/a

  jm> where I operate with string functions on % to generate the
  jm> dependencies but these do not seem to be evaluated Is there are
  jm> any solution to this without generating an intermediate file?

The only ways are with an intermediate file, or using $(eval ...)

  jm> The info files say intriguingly that normaly only on "%" is used
  jm> in a patterm mathcing rule but they don't explain how to use more
  jm> than one, which would actually work for me.

You can't use more than one.

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