The Make manual, "Canned sequences of commands", states:
For example, using this canned sequence:
define frobnicate
@echo "frobnicating target $@"
frob-step-1 $< -o $@-step-1
frob-step-2 $@-step-1 -o $@
endef
make will not echo the first line, the echo command. But it will
echo the following two command lines.
However, make-3.79.1 fails to echo either of the frob-step-N
commands.
Attached is the Makefile I used. I added dummy frob-step-{1,2}
commands to my PATH, and run make, and the only output is
frobnicating target canit
whereas I expect
frobnicating target canit
frob-step-1 -o canit-step-1
frob-step-2 canit-step-1 -o canit
My system is Linux/x86 2.2.19, glibc 2.2.3.
-Scott
# Makefile
define frobnicate
@echo "frobnicating target $@"
frob-step-1 $< -o $@-step-1
frob-step-2 $@-step-1 -o $@
endef
canit:
$(frobnicate)
