Help needed with Makefile rules

Arthur David Olson ado at elsie.UUCP
Wed May 22 00:39:27 AEST 1985


> > I know about rules like .c.o: and so on, but can one
> > define a rule to go from .o to something with no suffix?
>
> Donn Seeley informs me that the 2.9BSD make is based on the
> 7th Edition make, so the answer is, that usage is not supported
> by the version of make that you have.
> 
> Two alternatives:
> 	Use a makefile dependency generator (every so often one
> 	gets posted to the net);
> 	Get hold of a newer version of make and install it.

By all means take the first route if you're interested in portability.
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