On Thu, 2024-06-13 at 07:55 +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> %.all.kmz: $(addsuffix .kml, $(addsuffix .$*.lines,0 1) $(addsuffix
> .$*.labels,0 1))
> ls $*
> $ make nnn.all.kmz
>
> Here, upon reaching the colon, the make program already has all the
> information it needs to set $* to "nnn".
Th
On Thu, 13 Jun 2024 07:55:13 +0800
Dan Jacobson wrote:
> Or, document that they are purposely not expanded, to maintain
> compatibility. But in fact there is no compatibility to maintain, as in
> the past nobody would have used $* or $@ after the colon, because they
> were useless.
Did you read c
$ cat Makefile
%.all.kmz: $(addsuffix .kml, $(addsuffix .$*.lines,0 1) $(addsuffix
.$*.labels,0 1))
ls $*
$ make nnn.all.kmz
Here, upon reaching the colon, the make program already has all the
information it needs to set $* to "nnn".
Alas, it waits until the "ls" line to get around to fin
