Ralf, Thanks for you response. Unfortunately, your suggestion is does not work.
> > I have an interesting filter problem (I think). I would like to > > remove duplicate filenames > > Why would you need that? > The short answer is the final list is for a linker and the linker complains of multiply defined symbols. The long answer is that final list is constructed from a small set of local objects and a very large set of remote objects to allow a user to link an application without recompile of the entire project (or even ownership of the entire pr > > LIST1 := file1.o file2.o file3.o > > LIST2 := path/file3.o path/file4.o path/file5.o > > > > Desired result of: > > > > LIST := file1.o file2.o file3.o path/file4.o path/file5.o > > With GNU make, use $(sort $(LIST1) $(LIST2)). This will return: file1.o file2.o file3.o path/file3.o path/file4.o path/file5.o which has the duplicates file3.o and path/file3.o. The sort function uses the entire filepath/name string rather than just the filename.
