On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 05:34:05PM +0200, Pavel Arno?t wrote:
  | hi,
  | 
  | pls, why this BSD makefile snippet doesn't work?
  | 
  | ARRAY=          member1 member2 member3
  | 
  | .for member in ${ARRAY}
  | .       if ${member} == "member1"
  | .       endif
  | .endfor
  | 
  | it says:
  | 
  | bmake: "/usr/pkgsrc/wip/mc/Makefile" line 1: Malformed conditional
  | (member1 == "member1")
  | bmake: "/usr/pkgsrc/wip/mc/Makefile" line 1: Need an operator
  | bmake: "/usr/pkgsrc/wip/mc/Makefile" line 2: if-less endif
  | bmake: "/usr/pkgsrc/wip/mc/Makefile" line 2: Need an operator

Welcome to one of those annoying make "features".

Try this instead:

.for member in ${ARRAY}
__member:=${member}
.if ${__member} == "member1"
#
#	do your thing
#
#	note: use ${member} here in variable assignment
#	e.g.,  FOO+= ${member}
#
.endif
.endfor



Luke.