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the relevance of suffix rules, given pattern rules
From: |
Robert P. J. Day |
Subject: |
the relevance of suffix rules, given pattern rules |
Date: |
Mon, 15 Dec 2003 05:22:12 -0500 (EST) |
(one of probably several newbie-level questions trying to
clarify some issues regarding gnu make.)
is there any value to defining your own suffix rules give that
pattern rules subsume suffix rules? i mean, apart from backward
compatibility, if i'm starting a completely new project, and can
set it up the way i want, is there any reason *not* to use pattern
rules exclusively, and just undefine all of the suffix rules with
.SUFFIXES:
just to make sure i have no unexpected implicit rules?
IOW, given that pattern rules exist, is there any point to
using the older and simpler suffix rules at all?
rday
- the relevance of suffix rules, given pattern rules,
Robert P. J. Day <=