On 7/12/05, Ted Stern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > What is the proper way to insert commas into each word of a GNU Make > variable? > > I want to change FOO something like this: > > FOO := a b c d e > FOO := $(patsubst %,-Wl,-y,%_,$(FOO)) > > to get > > -Wl,-y,a_ -Wl,-y,b_ -Wl,-y,c_ -Wl,-y,d_ -Wl,-y,e_ > > Somehow I need to comment the comma so that it is not interpreted as a > MAKE function argument separator. I don't see any reference to this > in the info pages. I'm using 3.80.
Hi Ted, You can just put the comma in another variable. It doesn't exactly look pretty, but it seems to work: FOO := a b c d e comma=, FOO := $(patsubst %,-Wl$(comma)-y$(comma)%_,$(FOO)) -Mike _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list Bug-make@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make
