--- "Paul D. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> %% Yogesh Bhagwat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> yb> I was wondering if the issue regarding static pattern rule
> yb> and $$(@F) as in System V make was ever resolved. Is there
> yb> a way to achieve the same efffect in gnu make.
>
> There is a way to achieve half of the effect, as described in the
> manual
> using static pattern rules. But, static pattern rules are not a
> 100%
> replacement.
>
> yb> ${FILES_IN_DIR_A} : % : ${DIR_B}/$(notdir %)
> yb> do_something
>
> yb> does not work.
>
> If all of your $(FILES_IN_DIR_A) are of the form $(DIR_A)/somefile,
> then
> you can use static pattern rules as follows:
>
> $(FILES_IN_DIR_A): $(DIR_A)/% : $(DIR_B)/%
> do_something
>
Unfortunately it is not so. FILES_IN_DIR_A should really be
FILES_IN_DIRS_A_TO_Z.
So this means I need to write static pattern rules for each of the
dirs. But that may not be possible as the dirs themselves are coming
out of a wildcard expression.
> yb> I am using 3.79.1 version of gnu make.
>
> The next version of GNU make (3.80) does support this strange SysV
> construct--at least to some extent.
>
> --
>
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