Hi Paul, Thanks for replying. Sorry I didn't really finish my account of what happens: The .cc and .h files get created in the source dirs w,x,y or z, and so when we rerun make it tries to find ../idl/a.cc or ../idl/a.h and of course never finds them, so it rebuilds.
> %.h ../idl/%.cc : ../idl/%.idl > $(IDL_COMMAND) $(IDL_OPTIONS) $< I tried a few things like this. The variation you give means the target is still '../idl/gds_server.h' which is not where the header needs to live and the pre-requisite is '../idl/../idl/gds_svc_man.idl' which looks broken but we're just making make skip between dirs and is the same as what we've started with. Any other ideas? I could hard code specific rules for these files but I'd prefer to have a suffix rule if possible. Thanks, David Carter-Hitchin. -- Royal Bank of Scotland Interest Rate Derivatives IT 135 Bishopsgate LONDON EC2M 3TP Tel: +44 (0) 207 085 1088 > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul D. Smith > Sent: 13 February 2006 16:01 > To: CARTER-HITCHIN, David, FM > Cc: '[email protected]' > Subject: Re: Tricky suffix rule problem for Corba > > > %% "CARTER-HITCHIN, David, FM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > cdf> The rule to build the headers is like this: > > cdf> %.h %.cc: %.idl > cdf> $(IDL_COMMAND) $(IDL_OPTIONS) $< > > cdf> This is the problem - the prerequisite $< is > '../idl/a.idl' (for > cdf> example) and the target is '../idl/a.h' when it should be just > cdf> 'a.h'. > > You don't say what you want to do with the .cc file but... > > %.h ../idl/%.cc : ../idl/%.idl > $(IDL_COMMAND) $(IDL_OPTIONS) $< > > -- > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------------- > 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 > *********************************************************************************** The Royal Bank of Scotland plc. Registered in Scotland No 90312. Registered Office: 36 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh EH2 2YB. Authorized and regulated by the Financial Services Authority This e-mail message is confidential and for use by the addressee only. If the message is received by anyone other than the addressee, please return the message to the sender by replying to it and then delete the message from your computer. Internet e-mails are not necessarily secure. The Royal Bank of Scotland plc does not accept responsibility for changes made to this message after it was sent. Whilst all reasonable care has been taken to avoid the transmission of viruses, it is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that the onward transmission, opening or use of this message and any attachments will not adversely affect its systems or data. No responsibility is accepted by The Royal Bank of Scotland plc in this regard and the recipient should carry out such virus and other checks as it considers appropriate. Visit our websites at: http://www.rbos.com http://www.rbsmarkets.com ******************************************************************************** _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
