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* [9fans] obscure mk question
@ 2013-01-16  5:40 erik quanstrom
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From: erik quanstrom @ 2013-01-16  5:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
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suppose i have a mkfile that looks like the following:

	STUFF=

	top:V:	${STUFF:%=%.stuff}
		echo $prereq

does the error message

	mk: don't know how to make '.stuff' in directory XXX

seem right?  /sys/doc/mk.ps doesn't specify, but i would
expect the substitution to come up with an empty list rather than
a list of the empty string.

- erik



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