RE: Can I have a variable and target the same name

[PATTON, BILLY \(SBCSI\)]

Greg,
  Thank you for your response.  I now have it working.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg Chicares [mailto:address@hidden 
> Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 8:51 AM
> To: PATTON, BILLY (SBCSI)
> Cc: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: Can I have a variable and target the same name
> 
> 
> On 2006-3-22 14:25 UTC, PATTON, BILLY (SBCSI) wrote:
> > Can I have a variable and a target be the same name
> > 
> > clean+ldw+ldwrbc+library :=  ${PRD_TREE}/ldw/ldwrbc/lib/libldwrbc.a
> > 
> > clean+ldw+ldwrbc+library :
> > <tab>$(RM) $(clean+ldw+ldwrbc+library)
> 
> Well, the first makefile below does work the way I think you expect
> with 3.79.1 and make-3.81beta4. But don't you find it confusing?
> 
> foo := bar
> 
> .PHONY: foo
> foo:
>       @echo $(foo)
> 
>   [output]
> Making target foo
> bar
> 
> Instead, why not write the following?
> 
> foo := bar
> 
> .PHONY: $(foo)
> $(foo):
>       @echo Making target $@
>       @echo $(foo)
> 
>   [output]
> Making target bar
> bar
>