Re: order of variables and rules in output

Hi Ben, a while ago on the automake list: * Ben Pfaff wrote on Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 07:22:58PM CEST: > In a Makefile, the relative order of variable and rule > definitions matters, because variables used in targets are > expanded when rules are read. If a variable is used in a target > before th

Re: order of variables and rules in output

Hi Ben, * Ben Pfaff wrote on Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 07:22:58PM CEST: > Current Automake appears to reorder the Makefile.am so that all > variable assignments precede all rules, so in a Makefile.am the > relative order of variable and rule definitions does not matter. Right. > Is this behavior docu

order of variables and rules in output

In a Makefile, the relative order of variable and rule definitions matters, because variables used in targets are expanded when rules are read. If a variable is used in a target before the variable is changed, the variable's former expansion is used in the target, not the latter expansion. Curren