Re: generating

[Maxim Yegorushkin]

On 18/12/09 07:07, Ling F. Zhang wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am writing a file to type set LaTeX.  So I have a shell script which parse 
> the .tex file quickly and print out an include list:
> $ mktexdep file.tex
> file.tex
> input1.tex
> fig1.eps
> fig2.eps
>
> In the Makefile, I have this line:
> .SECONDEXPANSION:
> %.pdf : $$(shell mktexdep $$(subst pdf,tex,$$@))
>
> Which would actually turn the above list into a prerequisite list. It works.
>
> All's well.  Since mktexdep itself is a simple shell script consists of a few 
> greps/awk, I am wondering if I can do the whole thing within the Makefile.
>
> I tried the following so far:
> define mktexdep
>    (shell commands acting on $1 to make dep list)
> endef
>
> %.pdf : $$(call funcmktexdep,$$(subst pdf,tex,$$@))
>
> It doesn't work.
>
> Any ideas?

Calling funcmktexdep macro returns the text of the macro definition, 
rather than executing the definition. To execute that text $(eval text) 
is needed.

Try this:

%.pdf : $$(eval $$(call funcmktexdep,$$(subst pdf,tex,$$@)))

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Max