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From: dold@mitisft.Convergent.COM (Clarence Dold)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Q: Problem with null suffix rules (make)
Message-ID: <1358@mitisft.Convergent.COM>
Date: 16 Jan 90 16:05:40 GMT
References: <307@spectra.COM>
Organization: Convergent Technologies, San Jose, CA
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in article <307@spectra.COM>, scott@spectra.com (Tim Scott) says:

> The whole idea of null suffixes is good, since that way I don't
> have to modify the makefile each time I add, remove or change the
> name of a program.c in the directory. 

You can clear out all predefined suffixes with (pg 6 of make(1)):
.SUFFIXES:
with no dependencies clears the list of suffixes.
Put your own back in with:
.SUFFIXES: .o
You might also try undefining the rule regarding the .c to .o conversion:
.o.c:;

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