%% [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
jk> > cat makefile
jk> include tmp.mk
jk> %.o: %.c
jk> echo "Compiling"
jk> gcc -c $< -o $@
jk> SRCS = t.c
jk> > cat tmp.mk
jk> OBJ = $(SRCS:.c=.o)
jk> lib : $(OBJ)
jk> echo $(SRCS)
So, after the include your makefile looks like this:
OBJ = $(SRCS:.c=.o)
lib : $(OBJ)
echo $(SRCS)
%.o: %.c
echo "Compiling"
gcc -c $< -o $@
SRCS = t.c
The problem is that SRCS is not defined yet when OBJ is used as a
prerequisite of the lib target, so $(OBJ) resolves to the empty string.
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