Re: Dependency problem

[Paul D. Smith]

%% "j.ahlschlaeger" <address@hidden> writes:

  ja> My problem is that I have some source files to compile, but there are
  ja> two types of files to compile, the one with that command:

  ja> $(COMPILECOMMAND1) $< -o $@

  ja> and the others with that command:

  ja> $(COMPILECOMMAND2) $< -o $@
  ja> .
  ja> But if I write it so:

  ja> $(TYP1_OBJ):$(TYP1_SRC)
  ja>   $(COMPILECOMAND1) $< -o $@

  ja> $(TYP2_OBJ):$(TYP2_SRC)
  ja>   $(COMPILECOMAND2) $< -o $@

  ja> ,so compile make always all files of one typ, when only one source file
  ja> of this type modified.

When you write something like this:

    foo.o bar.o baz.o : foo.c bar.c baz.c

That's identical to writing this:

    foo.o : foo.c bar.c baz.c
    bar.o : foo.c bar.c baz.c
    baz.o : foo.c bar.c baz.c

so this is why you see the results you do.


There are many ways to handle this situation but given your example
above the simplest one is static pattern rules; check the GNU make
manual for more information:

    $(TYP1_OBJ) : %.o : %.c
            $(COMPILECOMMAND1) $< -o $@

    $(TYP2_OBJ) : %.o : %.c
            $(COMPILECOMMAND2) $< -o $@


You can also use target-specific variables, or eval, or a host of other
options.

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