make not expanding variables

[Vance Turnewitsch]

Hello,
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 64bit with make version 3.81-8.1ubuntu1.1 and was
failing to build bitbake recipes. I narrowed it down to an odd problem with
make not expanding variables. I've attached a sample make file (makefile)
with the "problem."

When I use this makefile, I get a directory "{hi,hi2}" within TestMake but
instead there should be two directories within TestMake created: "hi" and
"hi2", correct?

As an example from the actual project, I have attached Makefile_real. This
is a copy of a make file within the project. The problem is the line:

cp -f {mcc_linux.h,mcc_common.h,mcc_config.h} $(DESTDIR)/usr/include/linux/

which I have commented out in the file and replaced it with three calls to
copy the files individually. The make file runs fine with the individual
copying. Other files though that use {} are failing as well...and the
content within the {} are much more complexthan this simple manual copying.

Thus, any ideas?

Thanks,
Vance Turnewitsch

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