Re: variable reassign value in same makefile

[anand akhare]

Hello Tony
    I am looking for confirmation if this is expected behavior. Target specific 
variables will not have visibility outside of its recipe. I am using VAR 
variable across makefile.

Regards
Anand
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From: Tony Theodore <tony.t@me.com>
Sent: 04 April 2024 08:18
To: anand akhare <anandstraight@outlook.com>
Cc: help-make@gnu.org <help-make@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: variable reassign value in same makefile


> On 3 Apr 2024, at 20:52, anand akhare <anandstraight@outlook.com> wrote:
>
> My idea is that intermediate values of variable should be used until changed 
> for target and recipe. Same behavior is seen with non-recursive variables. 
> (like VAR:=abc)

You probably want target-specific variables to achieve that behaviour:
https://apac01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gnu.org%2Fsoftware%2Fmake%2Fmanual%2Fmake.html%23Target_002dspecific&data=05%7C02%7C%7C1bad30b88bd6489f4bfe08dc5451b2e2%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638477957090176835%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=qj7Z7EVxe7EtB8CYHPrTf5O9ImmtrULVlWkdj8zxeKg%3D&reserved=0<https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html#Target_002dspecific>

Cheers,

Tony