sorry for being so confused about this, but i may be misunderstanding the fundamental design of VPATH and how it relates to *targets*.
section 4.5 strongly suggests that VPATH is for prereqs only: "The directory search features of make facilitate this by searching several directories automatically to find a *prerequisite*." [emphasis mine] but the very next page reads, "however, VPATH specifies a search list that make applies for all files, including files which are *targets* of rules." [again, emphasis mine] this can certainly be clearer, methinks. or, i could just be smarter. rday _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
