Hi,
I'd like to report a bug (or a feature...), I discovered recently:
If the private keyword is used to define a target-specific variable, make
suppresses inheritance, but also tries to build a target `private' as
prerequisite. Using other keywords like export or unexport, work as
documented. The attached makefile reproduces the mentioned effect.
Please also reply to my address as I'm not subscribed to the mailing list.
In case this bug is already known, please ignore this request.
Thanks and ciao,
Mario Schwalbe
For reference:
$ LC_ALL=C make -f Makefile.private-bug
prereq:
make: *** No rule to make target `private', needed by `target'. Stop.
$ LC_ALL=C make -v
GNU Make 3.81
[...]
This program built for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
#!/bin/false
ifeq ($(findstring target-specific,$(.FEATURES)),)
$(error missing feature: target-specific variable assignments)
endif
# works: no private keyword
P = 1
# works: only global private keyword
P = 2
# works for prereq, but also tries to build `private' for target
P =
ifeq ($(P),1)
GLOBAL = global
target: LOCAL = local
else
ifeq ($(P),2)
private GLOBAL = global # not visible within recipes
target: LOCAL = local
else
private GLOBAL = global # not visible within recipes
target: private LOCAL = local # suppress inheritance
endif
endif
target: prereq
@echo $@: $(GLOBAL) $(LOCAL)
prereq:
@echo $@: $(GLOBAL) $(LOCAL)
# ***** end of source *****
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