Hi Dmitry > '%-sim: %' is the intended implicit rule that make does not look for > because rr1-sim is phony.
Ah, yes i missed that the pattern rule was also an implicit rule. > There is no such thing as 'marking the addtional rule as PHONY'. > As soon as 'PHONY: $(PHON2)' line is removed rr1-sim is no longer a Yes, i meant the target, not the rule. > phony target and make finds > implicit rule %-sim: % to build this target. OK, thanks for clearing this up. I also found this in the docs: "The implicit rule search (see Implicit Rules) is skipped for .PHONY targets. This is why declaring a target as .PHONY is good for performance, even if you are not worried about the actual file existing". Thanks for the help. /pedro
