Re: New to gmake

[Paul D. Smith]

%% sharan <address@hidden> writes:

  s> Being new to make, I have some very basic questions

You should definitely read the GNU make manual.  There are versions
online at the gnu.org site, or you can purchase a hardcopy book
(purchases support the FSF).

  s> -- how to pass command line value to make 
  s>   e.g. If I want to pass a command line arg to make and use that 
  s>   when I run command

make [VARIABLE=value]

  s> -- can I specify both VPATH and vpath in a single file. Or does 
  s> defining VPATH render vpath useless ?

You can specify both.

VPATH is identical to "vpath % <paths>", but you can still specify both
those forms.

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