Re: Preconditions vs. Dependencies

[Paul D. Smith]

%% Eric West <address@hidden> writes:

  ew> ${FILES} :
  ew>         @d=`dirname address@hidden ;\

You don't even need this.  Just use $(@D).

There are issues with some versions of GNU make though, using this
method with pattern rules.  Some versions of GNU make throw out pattern
rules that mention non-existent directories.  That's a bug though.

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