Re: Help with prerequisites for unit testing rule

[Paul D. Smith]

%% address@hidden (Björn Lindström) writes:

  bl> I have this Makefile:

  bl> all: $(CLASSES)

  bl> %.class: %.java
  bl>         $(JAVAC) $<

  bl> My question is how to get the test rule to make A.class a prerequisite
  bl> for TestA.class, B.class a prerequisite for TestB.class, and so on.

Pattern matches are attempted in the order in which you define the
patterns in your makefile.  So, just put more selective patterns first
like this:

  Test%.class: Test%.java %.class
         $(JAVAC) $<

  %.class: %.java
         $(JAVAC) $<

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