Re: Multiple Targets

[Boris Kolpackov]

Hi Randy,

"Randy" <yates@ieee.org> writes:

> a.prm b.prm : prerequisite
>       commonbuildrule
>
> wants to execute the build rule for each of a.prm and b.prm. However,
> I don't want this to happen. Not only is this a want, but it is a
> need, since the build rule takes several minutes to execute (and
> in my actual situation, there are many targets, not just two).

Convert it to an implicit pattern rule:

all: a.prm b.prm

a.% b.% : prerequisite
       commonbuildrule

hth,
-boris


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