--- "Paul D. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > %% Yogesh Bhagwat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > yb> Unfortunately it is not so. FILES_IN_DIR_A should really be > yb> FILES_IN_DIRS_A_TO_Z. > > yb> So this means I need to write static pattern rules for each > of the > yb> dirs. > > Yes. > > yb> But that may not be possible as the dirs themselves are > coming > yb> out of a wildcard expression. > > Then you have two choices. The first is to use make's auto-re-exec > feature to dynamically construct a makefile containing the proper > rules, > which you can include using make's "include" feature. This is the > traditional way to support non-static data in makefiles which can't > be > handled through make's normal implicit rule support. >
Ahh!! Yes, I get that! I will do this in short term. Thanks a lot. May be this should go into the faq :) > The second is to wait for a bit: > > 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. > > :) > > There's a pretest of this release available now, if you want to try > it > (I'd actually like someone to test this capability in a "real life" > situation before the official release). Sure! I will be glad to test it out over this weekend. Please let me know where to get it from. > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Find some GNU make tips > at: > http://www.gnu.org > http://make.paulandlesley.org > "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." > --Mad Scientist __________________________________________________ Yahoo! - We Remember 9-11: A tribute to the more than 3,000 lives lost http://dir.remember.yahoo.com/tribute _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
