Re: make problem with multiple character matching (%) operator

[Paul D. Smith]

%% Crni Gorac <address@hidden> writes:

  cg> Project foo has following directory hierarchy:
  cg>     foo
  cg>     |-- Makefile
  cg>     |-- ab
  cg>     |   `-- foo.a
  cg>     `-- c

  cg> File foo/ab/foo.b should be generated from
  cg> foo/ab/foo.a and then file foo/c/foo.c from
  cg> foo/ab/foo.b. Following Makefile is used:

  cg> ABDIR = ab
  cg> CDIR  = c
  cg> VPATH = $(ABDIR)

  cg> Where I am wrong? Why it is not possible for make to accomplish
  cg> two successive multiple character matching and conclude that it
  cg> should first generate .b file, then .c file?

That's not the problem.  The problem is you're misusing VPATH.

VPATH is designed to find _sources_.  It cannot be used to find
_targets_.  It won't work to use it like that.

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