Question

Is there a way to do such thing in a makefile for gmake:

GOALS := g1
define fun_one
    @echo "blabla"  #this causes an error - maybe can't be recognized as a recipe
endef

define fun_two
$(1):
$(eval $(call fun_one,$(1)))
endef

$(forech goal, $(GOALS), $(eval $(call fun_two,$(goal))))

all: ${GOALS}

As far as I understand, I can’t define a part of a recipe outside a function that defines a rule, am I write?

Answer 1

There’s no need for the first eval; it just tells Make to enact that line while it’s still parsing the definition of fun_one. Eliminate the eval and the makefile will work:

define fun_two
$(1):
$(call fun_one,$(1))
endef