Re: $(@:-local=)

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hi Akim,

* Akim Demaille wrote on Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 03:09:00PM CET:
>
> I see that the documentation of Automake suggests:
>
>      all-local:
>              cd subdir && $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) all
>      check-local:
>              cd subdir && $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) test
[...]
> Is there anything to worry about using $(@:-local=) and so
> forth?  The implementation of RECURSIVE_TARGET would be
> simplified too.

Well, except for the fact that automake doesn't grok the resulting list
of targets (see other mail), I don't see any problems with it.  All make
implementations I know of support $(@:-local=).  Even IRIX make, which
is the only one I know that doesn't support recursive substitution like:

foo_FLAGS = -bar
foo:
        echo $(address@hidden)

But fixing the manual should come after removing the automake limitation.

Cheers,
Ralf