Re: $(file) function bug or not?

[wpmcnamara]

David Boyce-3 wrote
> Paul has already demonstrated later in the thread that I was wrong.
> Nothing to see here, move along.
> 
> David
> 
> On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 7:42 AM, wpmcnamara <

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> > wrote:
>> David Boyce-3 wrote
>>> I think the headline here is that $(file) is analogous to $(shell) in
>>> that it's intended specifically for use _outside_ of recipes.
>>
>> Then why does the example given in the GNU Make manual show $(file) being
>> used in a recipe?  Not arguing whether it is intended to be used there
>> are
>> not as  I'm not expert enough to know one way or another.
>>
>> Patrick
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Fair enough.  I was chasing a similar failure in $(file) to create the file. 
Turns out it was a version issue.  $(file) didn't appear until 4.0 and a
call to it prior to that appears to silently do nothing.

Thanks,
Patrick M




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