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Subject: Re: Strange makefile construct - (nf)
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Date: Thu, 17-Sep-87 16:43:00 EDT
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/***** iaoobelix:comp.unix.ques / nsc!woolsey / 12:13 am  Sep  9, 1987*/
> All I need now is something that turns
> 
> FILES = one two three four
> 
> into
> 
> 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) one.c two.c three.c four.c
> 
> and a default rule to go along with it.  I know about basename(1), but
> it doesn't do what I want.
...
> Jeff Woolsey	National Semiconductor Corporation

Ok. So, how about using a default rule, anyway? You want to have some
object files depending on some source files. As far as transformations
between source and object file names are restricted to mere suffix
substitution (exception: under SYSV and on Suns you can use the empty
suffix), it shouldn't be the least bit difficult to write such a dependency.

OBJS	= one.o two.o three.o four.o

foo:	$(OBJS)
	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o foo $(OBJS)

.c.o:	
	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c $*.c

Or what were your intentions with the construct above?
Did you want to get four separate programs with that single
dependency (sorry, I am just asking)? In that case, you
have to write (under SYSV and friends):

BINS	= one two three four

.c:	
	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $* $*.o

.c.o:	
	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c $*.c

I hope this helps.

Juergen Wagner,		     (USENET) ...seismo!unido!iaoobel!wagner
("Gandalf")			 Fraunhofer Institute IAO, Stuttgart