On Sat, Oct 1, 2016 at 12:55 PM, Jari Vetoniemi <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have Makefile where implict rule is not used for target that is
> prerequisite of another target.
>
> You can see the Makefile here:
> https://ptpb.pw/WxM9
(putting a makefile that's about the same size as your email message
behind a link. WTH?)
> If I remove the recipe from vitaserve target GNU/Make will not use the
> implicit rule '%: %.c' for the target.
> Is this a bug in GNU/Make or am I understanding the implicit rule
> search algorithm wrong?
All the %s in a pattern rule have to match exactly the same string.
So, how is make going to match this:
vitaserve: vitac.c
$(LINK.c) $^ $(LDLIBS) -o $@
with a %:%.c rule? What would the %s *both* match?
Philip Guenther
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