Re: %.ext as prerequisite

[Maxim Yegorushkin]

Tobias contreras wrote:
> Ive read the help make archive, "*Using the target of a *pattern* rule 
> as a *prerequisite * 
> <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-make/2004-06/msg00015.html>* " 
> but no luck
>
> How can I have %.o as a prerequisite for another target
> like:
>
> buildme: $(otherstuff) %.o
>        command1
>        command2
>
> %.o : %.c
>     echo $<
>
> Do i need a var that contains all the *.o files like $(obj): %.o: %.c 
> then use $(obj) as the prequisite, or is there a quicker way?
> thanks

You may like secondary expansion feature (make 3.81). 
http://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html.gz#Secondary-Expansion

     .SECONDEXPANSION:
     main_OBJS := main.o try.o test.o
     lib_OBJS := lib.o api.o

     main lib: $$(address@hidden)