Paul Smith wrote: >>> All the .obj files are missing!? >> >> Oh. $@ is "bin/animation.exe" so $(@F) is "animation.exe" and >> $($(@F)_OBJ) would be "animation.exe_OBJ" but that's not the name of >> your variable, so it expands to the empty string. >> >> Sorry I didn't catch this problem in your original suggestion. >> >> You want: >> >> bin/%.exe: $$($$*_OBJ) $(LIBS) >> ... >> >> because $* matches the pattern stem, which is "animation" in this case.
Gisle Vanem (18 October 2018 19:40) replied: > That seems to work fine. Thanks a lot! Good to hear. For completeness's sake, note another approach that might work: TARGETS = bin/animation.exe bin/barchart.exe ... $(TARGETS): bin/%.exe: $(%_OBJ) $(LIBS) $(call link_EXE, $@, $^) using the other kind of pattern rule, Eddy. _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list Bug-make@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make