Re: using target-specific variables?

[Stepan Kasal]

Hello,

On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 02:02:54PM +0200, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> * Harald Dunkel wrote on Thu, May 12, 2005 at 01:43:51PM CEST:
> > Anyway, if I introduce a line
> > 
> >     myexe: some_internal_tool_used_at_build_time
> > 
> > then Automake shows the same misbehaviour: It assumes that
> > I would like to redefine the build rule for myexe.

well, this behaviour is documented in the Automake manual,
in node ``Extending'':

:    Note that Automake does not make any difference between rules with
: commands and rules that only specify dependencies.  So it is not
: possible to append new dependencies to an `automake'-defined target
: without redefining the entire rule.

But Ralf said:

> Well, that's just how `make' syntax works (portable make != GNU make).

You mean that some make implementations don't allow you to specify extra
dependencies in a rule with no commands (so called "separated
dependencies")?

I'm not convinced about this.  Node "(autoconf.info)Limitations of Make"
speaks about problems when you combine separated dependencies with so
called "single suffix rules".  But generally, separated dependencies
should work.

Have a nice day,
        Stepan