Re: Is VPATH Iterative?

[Paul D. Smith]

%% Jim Tison <address@hidden> writes:

  jt> A colleague of mine asks an interesting question about VPATH. He
  jt> claims that, within the execution of a single makefile, he has
  jt> just made an object within a directory path named as one of the
  jt> VPATH operands (not cwd). The very next rule within that same
  jt> makefile states a dependency on that object, and make cannot find
  jt> it through VPATH.

VPATH, generally, cannot be used to locate derived objects.  It can
_only_ be safely used to locate source objects--in particular, source
files or other files which the makefile does not itself create, but
builds things from.

I suggest you take a look at my web site below; there is some
information there on how VPATH can, and cannot, be used that might shed
some light on your situation.

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