Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2004 00:52:48 +0100 From: Oliver Eikemeier <eikemeier@fillmore-labs.com> To: Gerald Pfeifer <gerald@pfeifer.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: make versus _MANPAGE Message-ID: <4022D750.1040803@fillmore-labs.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.58.0402052304380.74479@acrux.dbai.tuwien.ac.at> References: <Pine.BSF.4.58.0402052304380.74479@acrux.dbai.tuwien.ac.at>
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Gerald Pfeifer wrote: [...] > I am currently fighting a very nasty problem where a construct involving > .for in a Makefile works as expected, depending on whether I use it before > .include <bsd.port.post.mk> or after. [...] .for evaluates its arguments immediately, not delayed. _MANPAGES is defined in bsd.port.pre.mk, so it is only defined *afterwards*. Works as advertised. **Be aware that nobody guarantees you that _MANPAGES is available after bsd.port.pre.mk** Changes in bsd.port.mk may break your code without further notice. -Oliver
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