Specifically it's a clearmake enhancement which works with clearmake's gnu-compatibility mode. It's a nice feature but has not been implemented in GNU make.
David Boyce On Sep 1, 2010, at 12:51, Eric Melski < address@hidden> wrote:
Brian R Cowan wrote:
I have a makefile that
has target definitions
that look something like this:
foo.out+bar.out+oof.out: : prereq1
{script}
I know that this is a special kind
of
target group ("this 'recipe' builds all these targets at once"),
but I'll be darned if I can find this definition anywhere -- including
in the GNU make manual.
It's not in the GNU make manual because that is not GNU make syntax.
There are other make variants that support that syntax, such as System
V make.
HTH,
Eric Melski
http://blog.melski.net/
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