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Re: reuse recipe

From: Paul Smith
Subject: Re: reuse recipe
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 07:30:02 -0500 
On Fri, 2011-01-28 at 12:01 +0100, Klaus Rudolph wrote:
> %.x: %.yy
>     <do something>
> 
> %.x: %.abc
>     <do something>
> 
> I want to use <do something> for both rules without rewriting it.

Use a variable:

        SOMETHING = <do something>
        
        %.x : %.yy
                $(SOMETHING)
        %.x : %.abc
                $(SOMETHING)

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