why can't gnumake utilize non-filename pattern rules?
Randy Yates <[email protected]>
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If I have the rule % : gen% (without a rule), make won't work - it says "no rule to build file $*". If I say % : gen% .PHONY : % make won't work - it simply skips the pattern rule. I want to make a dependency chain based on a pattern rule, without the pattern rule target necessarily being a file. Why can't I do this? Or how could I do this? -- % Randy Yates % "I met someone who looks alot like you, %% Fuquay-Varina, NC % she does the things you do, %%% 919-577-9882 % but she is an IBM." %%%% <[email protected]> % 'Yours Truly, 2095', *Time*, ELO http://home.earthlink.net/~yatescr