Re: functions allowed in prerequisite list?

[gk]

At 12:06 AM 11/5/2002 -0500, Paul D. Smith wrote:
> If you have a variable containing all the different kinds of source, why
> not just declare it explicitly:
>
>   XMS_SOURCES = foo.xms bar.xms baz.xms biz.xms
>
>   $(XMS_SOURCES:%=%.mk): xms.mkdepend

I think I have found a simpler way that avoids the processing overhead in 
the above substitution.
I simply have a separate pattern rule for each source file type:

%.xms.mk : %.xms /path/to/xms.mkdepend
        /path/to/xms.mkdepend $< > $@
%.xmt.mk : %.xmt /path/to/xmt.mkdepend
        /path/to/xmt.mkdepend $< > $@
etc.

>   g> Here is an explicit rule for what I want:
>   g> foo.xms.mk : foo.xms /path/to/scripts/xms.mkdepend
>
>   g> Is there a way to generalize the above rule for all %.mk files?
>
> No.

Thanks very much for your help.
- Greg Keraunen