Re: repost - target with a colon in the name

[Paul D. Smith]

%% "Asperheim, Eric" <address@hidden> writes:

  ae> Is there anyway to have a gmake target with a colon in the name? For
  ae> example:

  ae> a.mdb:1 : a.vhdl

  ae>         @ echo $@

  ae> I've tried this and gmake doesn't appear to like it. 

a.mdb\:1 : a.vhdl
        @echo $@

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