>>> "pds" == Paul D Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
pds> FYI, here's one way to handle it (obviously requires GNU make): pds> ifeq (,$(filter second-expansion,$(.FEATURES))) pds> # GNU make <3.81 pds> PRE_D := $$ pds> else pds> # GNU make >=3.81 pds> PRE_D := $$$$ pds> endif pds> # Now use PRE_D in prerequisites pds> all: foo$(PRE_D)bar ; @echo '$@: $<' pds> foo$$bar: ; @echo 'building $@' The user lists filenames in variables, and Automake uses these variables in both prerequisite lists or commands. For instance see $(dist_my_DATA) in the last excerpt of http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2005-03/msg00067.html So any solution that require a syntax that is different in prerequisites than it is in the commands seems wrong to me. Besides such a variable might as well defined from configure via a substitution, so Automake cannot do any preprocessing on its contents. -- Alexandre Duret-Lutz
