RE: how to have prerequisites with ':' in the name?

[Mark Galeck (CW)]

Wow that is cool.

I thought myself to use a variable, like you,  did not work, But I did not use 
.SECONDEXPANSION  ...

-----Original Message-----
From: Philip Guenther [mailto:address@hidden 
Sent: Monday, May 28, 2012 1:06 AM
To: Mark Galeck (CW)
Cc: address@hidden
Subject: Re: how to have prerequisites with ':' in the name?

On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 12:02 AM, Mark Galeck (CW) <address@hidden> wrote:
> How can I have ':' in a prerequisite name??

Put the filename in a variable, then use Secondary Expansion (c.f.
section 3.8 in the docs) and reference that variable in second
expansion and *NOT* first expansion.  For example: