Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 10:06:12 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@chuckr.org> To: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz> Cc: <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: two make questions Message-ID: <20020923095217.O332-100000@april.chuckr.org> In-Reply-To: <20020923133431.GZ30361@freepuppy.bellavista.cz>
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On Mon, 23 Sep 2002, Roman Neuhauser wrote: > Hi, > > I've sent two messages about (p)make to questions@ but have not received > any replies, so I ask here. > > I'm not a C programmer (thus not really familiar with make), and I'm > trying to use it for project management (we write apps in php). I've > stumbled across a few variable related issues where the actual behavior > doesn't exactly map to the available documentation (make(1), and the > pmake paper). See the messages below for complete descriptions. > > Also, since two attempts sent to this list before I subscribed haven't > make it through and I'm not sure about the cause, I'm just posting > links to the original messages in questions@: > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=freebsd-questions&m=103250565427752&w=2 > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=freebsd-questions&m=103251441702280&w=2 You're trying to treat the make variables as program variables, and that doesn't work, once you assign a value to them, that's the value you get. They *do not* work like variables in C or Basic. The rule to follow is never to attempt to modify a value in a variable. If you need that specific action, either use the ".for" type constructs, else use shell variables, which will let you do that. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include C & Java programming, FreeBSD, chuckr@chuckr.org | electronics, communications, and signal processing. New Year's Resolution: I will not sphroxify gullible people into looking up fictitious words in the dictionary. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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