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Re: Portability of % match
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Bill Moseley |
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Re: Portability of % match |
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Mon, 31 Mar 2003 15:34:23 -0800 (PST) |
On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, Paul D. Smith wrote:
> bm> %.out: %.in
> bm> @echo "creating $@ from $<"
> If you want a makefile that's portable between many variants of make you
> need to use suffix rules:
>
> .SUFFIXES: .in .out
> .in.out:
> @echo "creating $@ from $<"
Thanks for helping, Paul.
So my example was a bit simple. In my case the source files are in
another directory. So I guess I can use .PATH (for BSD) and VPATH for GNU
make.
> Of course, a better way to go is to just require the use of GNU make:
> requiring a portable make is infinitely simpler than writing portable
> makefiles.
Yes, I see your point.
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