Re: Question regarding alias expansion..

[Rick Flower]

Thanks Sam! That worked like a charm!

On Mon, August 4, 2008 9:55 am, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 04, 2008 at 09:39:18AM -0700, Rick Flower wrote:
>> Hi all...
>>
>> I'm trying to update a build environment that currently uses a perl
>> script
>> that expands certain keywords into specific command line args to GNU
>> Make.. I'm trying to get rid of this script while keeping the same
>> look-n-feel that people are used to.. So, below is what I'd like to be
>> able to do but can't seem to find a way to make it work w/ Make.. Keep
>> in
>> mind that the sample below is simplified in nature and that we've got a
>> handful of these sort of command aliases..
>>
>> old perl script:
>>  % pmake release target=sun
>> --> expanded to the following Make command
>>  % make debug=off asserts=off target=sun
>>
>> what I'd like to see Make handle:
>>  % make release target=sun
>>
>> Unfortunately, I can't seem to find a way to get Make to convert
>> 'release'
>> into a set of predefined (canned) variables that then control the make
>> operation.. I've tried using 'define' but everything enclosed in the
>> 'define' seems to set my variables when I don't want them set.. I also
>> toyed around with target specific variables too as that seemed close to
>> what I was looking for -- unfortunately, it didn't seem to work for my
>> sample test.. Any ideas on how to go about this?
>
> Untested but you get the idea:
>
> ifneq ($(filter release,$(MAKECMDGOALS)),)
>     MY_VAR := 1
>     MY_OTHER_VAR := 2
> endif
>
>       Sam
>
>