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, [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
