Re: implicit rules

[Paul D. Smith]

%% Noel Yap <address@hidden> writes:

  ny> I see.  You wouldn't happen to have a patch that'll allow make to
  ny> use the implicit rule for the former example, would you?

Don't know which example you're talking about when you refer to "the
former example", but this:

  >>> %.mk: %.mk
  >>>       cp $(<) $(@)

Just doesn't make sense.  It's like saying:

    foo.o : foo.o

How can a target depend on itself as a prerequisite?  That requirement
cannot be satisfied given our current understanding of the laws of
space/time :).


You _COULD_, however, do this:

    aoeu/%.mk : %.mk
            cp $< $@

and then all would be right with the world.  Or at least make would be
happy.

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