Re: Is this a bug in GNU make 3.80?

2004-04-27 Thread DervishD
Hi Paul :) * Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dixit: > This is a long-standing deficiency in the parsing of MAKEFLAGS. > It's something we hope to fix. OK, then, thanks a lot for your answer :) Just one more point: is there any way to force the -R or -r flags then? Not that it is

Is this a bug in GNU make 3.80?

2004-04-27 Thread DervishD
Hi all :) In the GNU make info file, section 'Options/Recursion', you mention that you can use the MAKEFLAGS variable to set additional options to be in effect in that Makefile. Ok, I need to run a Makefile with '-R' in effect, so I set MAKEFLAGS to 'R' (I've tested with '-R' too), but in

Re: $(wildcard) not expanding generated files

2003-01-21 Thread DervishD
Hi Paul :) > Why doesn't it > work? It doesn't work because GNU make actually caches the contents of > directories as it reads them, for performance reasons. I supposed that some caching was the cause, but for me was reasonable that $wildcard will not expand if the new file wasn't cached

Re: $(wildcard) not expanding generated files

2003-01-21 Thread DervishD
Hi Johan :) I'm writing to the bug mailinglist so anybody can read the message, ok?, but really is for you ;) > this seems to be by design, to overcome the fact that > > OBJECTS = *.o > > doesn't expand the list, whereas > > OBJECTS = $(wildcard *.o) > > does. Yes, I know, it

$(wildcard) not expanding generated files

2003-01-20 Thread DervishD
Hi all :)) Don't know if this is a bug, but anyway this doesn't work and it should (IMHO). The problem is the function $(wildcard) not working properly when the argument is a generated file. Let me explain it with an example, better. We have this tiny Makefile: all: @touch testfil