make- target specific variables

Hi all, makefile: - VAR = 1 $< 1 all : VAR += 2 $< 2 all: makefile echo $(VAR) --- bash-3.00$ make 1 1 2 makefile 2 Since VAR is a recursively defined variable its value should be evaluated during the command execution. But why it is not "1 mak

Re: make- target specific variables

Thanks chen!. I am using 3.79. Thats why this bug appeared. Regards, Rajasekhar. On 9/8/09, CHEN Cheng wrote: > On Tue, Sep 08, 2009 at 10:12:52AM +0530, Venkata Rajasekharu wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> makefile: >> - >> >> VAR = 1 $< 1