%% Martin Schr�der <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
ms> I'm trying to make the makefiles of teTeX work with make -j.
ms> Unfortunately they contain rules where one program call generates
ms> multiple targets, like
ms> pdftexini.c pdftex0.c pdftex1.c pdftex2.c pdftex3.c pdftexcoerce.h pdftexd.h:
pdftex.p $(web2c_texmf)
ms> $(web2c) pdftex
ms> Here $(web2c) pdftex has to called only once and not 7 times.
ms> Any ideas how to achive this?
As long as the relationship between the targets and prerequisite is such
that it can be expressed in terms of a pattern rule, you can do this.
See the GNU make manual, section _Introduction to Pattern Rules_.
For example:
%ini.c %0.c %1.c %2.c %3.c %coerce.h %d.h: %.p $(web2c_texmf)
$(web2c) $*
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