Thanks a lot. But the real problem is still not solved. The rule like this foo.h: bar.h tells make that foo.h depends on bar.h while it is not true. foo.h is never updated from bar.h and command-to-build-packet is invoked again and again without any effect. But I must to write it this way because command-to-build creates more files, including object files that do depend on bar.h. I want to avoid senseless attempts of compilation. I surmise the benefit of your solution is that make does not check for existence of all files as it knows it has created all of them on occasion of creating first of them -am I right?
-- Maciej Walezak On Fri, 29 Mar 2002 10:07:19 -0500 "Paul D. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > %% Maciej Walezak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > mw> all: foo.h foo.o sth.h sth.o junk.h ... > > mw> foo.h foo.o: bar.h junk.h sth.h bar.o junk.o sth.o > mw> command-to-build-packet foo > > This rule is not what you want. Multiple targets is identical to > writing the same rule multiple times, it does _NOT_ mean that running > that command once will create all the targets. In other words, the > above command is identical to this: > > foo.h: bar.h junk.h sth.h bar.o junk.o sth.o > command-to-build-packet foo > foo.o: bar.h junk.h sth.h bar.o junk.o sth.o > command-to-build-packet foo > > That's not what you want: you want to tell make that it only needs to > run the rule once to build both targets. You do that with a > multi-target pattern rule, like this: > > %.h %.o: % > command-to-build-packet $* > > (I don't know what the dependency should be: your rules don't seem to > show what the command builds the packet _from_), then this: > > foo.h foo.o: bar.h junk.h sth.h bar.o junk.o sth.o > > (with no command script). > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Find some GNU make tips at: > http://www.gnu.org http://www.paulandlesley.org/gmake/ > "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist > > _______________________________________________ > Help-make mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make -- Maciej Walezak -GDN- _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
