[bug #42125] Explicit rules do not support multiple targets

2017-03-09 Thread Dietmar Schindler
Follow-up Comment #9, bug #42125 (project make): _… how can a static pattern rule have multiple targets? Each pattern in the target needs to match each of the elements of the static list…_ - Currently, a static pattern rule cannot have multiple "target-pattern"s, but people (at least the original

[bug #42125] Explicit rules do not support multiple targets

2017-03-07 Thread Dietmar Schindler
Follow-up Comment #7, bug #42125 (project make): Regarding comment #5: Thanks for contemplating my suggestion! Indeed I paid insufficient attention to the implications of allowing some other pattern rule to be chosen, and I see that this is undesirable and that the static pattern rule shall be sta

[bug #42125] Explicit rules do not support multiple targets

2017-03-03 Thread Dietmar Schindler
Follow-up Comment #4, bug #42125 (project make): (I hope this comment doesn't contribute to an unwanted design discussion.) Regarding comment #1: _A static pattern rule is a form of explicit rule, not an implicit rule such as pattern rule._ - While saying that a _static pattern rule_ is not a _pat