Re: Multiple pattern-specific variable assignments

[Paul D. Smith]

%% "Adrian Ashley" <address@hidden> writes:

  aa> Can anyone suggest a way to accomplish multiple pattern-specific variable
  aa> assignments?  This fragment illustrates what I'm trying to do.

  aa> foo-%.o : CFLAGS += -DVARIANT=FOO
  aa> bar-%.o : CFLAGS += -DVARIANT=BAR

  aa> %-gcc.o : CFLAGS += -DGCC
  aa> %-other.o : CFLAGS += -DOTHERCC

You could put one of these into a different variable, like:

  %-gcc.o : CCTYPE = -DGCC
  %-other.o : CCTYPE = -DOTHERCC

Then:

 %-gcc.o: %.c
         $(CC_GCC) $(CCTYPE) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ -c $<

 %-other.o: %.c
         $(CC_OTHER) $(CCTYPE) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ -c $<

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