How to add comma to a list?

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

Re: How to add comma to a list?

Ted Stern [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi all, Your post belongs to help-make, not bug-make. 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

Re: How to add comma to a list?

On 12 Jul 2005 at 10:14 UTC-0700, Ted Stern 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_

Re: How to add comma to a list?

Put it into a variable: , = , $(patsubst %,-Wl$,-y,%_,$(FOO)) If that's too tricky, just use a variable like COMMA or something :-). All GNU make functions parse up the arguments to the function BEFORE any evaluation of the arguments happens. --