Re: [BUG] undefined variable used in recipe before undefine directive

Paul Smith <[email protected]> Fri, 12 Sep 2025 09:39:45 -0400

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On Thu, 2025-09-11 at 23:00 +0200, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> Are target-specific variables only available in the recipe?

Yes, they are (your original example didn't say that you wanted to use
the variable in the prerequisites list as well):

https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Target_002dspecific.html

> As with automatic variables, these values are only available within
> the context of a target’s recipe (and in other target-specific
> assignments).

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