Re: Variable assignment that depends on a generated target

[David Wuertele]

a way to specify that?
> 
>   Use deferred assignment
> 
> VERSION = $(shell grep VERSION /path/to/some/file)
> 
> and don't refer to it in any target that gets built earlier than
> /path/to/some/file?

I thought of that, but I also want to have another target use the\
VERSION variable:

/path/to/some/other/target-$(VERSION).img: $(dependencies); touch $<at>

The problem is that VERSION isn't getting set in time.  I want to
create the file that VERSION depends on before this rule gets evaluated.