> It's important to realize that even though the unfortunate choice of > naming implies otherwise, static pattern rules are in all ways > _explicit_ rules. They are not and should never be considered > implicit rules.
Thanks for your explanation. This terminology can occasionally trigger corresponding understanding difficulties. > A static pattern rule is merely a shorthand for writing a bunch of > explicit rules. I am struggling with advanced usage of placeholder indicators to extract further data from such targets. > OBJS = foo.o bar.o biz.o baz.o > > $(OBJS): %.o : %.c > $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $< Can the description for this construct be improved a bit more in the documentation? I hope that I can avoid to introduce another make rule generator for some use cases. Regards, Markus _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list Bug-make@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make
