On Sat, 2012-01-14 at 13:46 +0100, Michael Ludwig wrote: > How can you convince Make to honour the VPATH/vpath when using a Pattern > Rule defined in my Makefile (as opposed to the built-in pattern rule)?
It does already: no need for convincing. > # Pattern Rule > %.o: %.cpp > $(COMPILE.cc) $*.cpp -o $*.o This is not right. The $* variable matches the stem of the pattern. The stem of the pattern here is something like "Employee", the stem is NOT "emp/Employee". You can see this easily be changing your rule to print out the values of the various automatic variables. If you want this to work you need to use the $@ and $< variables, like so: %.o: %.cpp $(COMPILE.cc) $< -o $@ Hope this helps... -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith <psm...@gnu.org> Find some GNU make tips at: http://www.gnu.org http://make.mad-scientist.net "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list Help-make@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make