[Techtalk] Re: Re: Loop/wildcard-like syntax for GNU make?

[Michelle Konzack]

Hi Wim,

Am 2007-04-19 19:34:43, schrieb Wim De Smet:
> On 4/19/07, Michelle Konzack <linux4michelle at freenet.de> wrote:
> >-----------------------------------------------
> >GIFS := $(wildcard *.gif)
> >
> >all: $(GIFS)
> >
> >$(GIFS):
> >        convert $@ $(patsubst %.gif,%,$@).jpg
> >
> >.PHONY: all $(GIFS)
> 
> I think that last line should read:
> .PHONY: all
> since $(GIFS) actually points to real files, otherwise your makefile
> is probably going to always/never update the files.

Hmmm, here it works perfectly...
I have done it always sind many years.
It written in the HTML documentation of GNU make.

"make" should use the VARIABLE $(GIFS) and NOT the files.

Greetings
    Michelle Konzack
    Systemadministrator
    Tamay Dogan Network
    Debian GNU/Linux Consultant


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