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From: ct@dde.uucp (Claus Tondering)
Newsgroups: comp.bugs.sys5,comp.unix.wizards
Subject: make bug
Message-ID: <502@Aragorn.dde.uucp>
Date: 30 Dec 88 14:01:55 GMT
Organization: Dansk Data Elektronik A/S, Herlev, Denmark
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Consider the following makefile:

ALPHA = foo
BETA  = $(ALPHA) bar

all:
	echo $(BETA)

Running make with this makefile will result in the execution of the
command "echo foo bar", which is OK.

Now, consider the following makefile:

ALPHA = foo
BETA  = $(ALPHA) bar

all:
	echo $(BETA:bar=hello)

Running make with this makefile will result in the execution of the
command "echo $(ALPHA) hello", which is certainly not what I would
expect.

Why is ALPHA not substituted in the last example? Bug or feature?

-- 
Claus Tondering
Dansk Data Elektronik A/S, Herlev, Denmark
E-mail: ct@dde.dk    or    ...!uunet!mcvax!dkuug!dde!ct