Re: Adding new prerequisites to a target

[John Graham-Cumming]

Bhaskar G wrote:
> gmake NEWRULE=c
>
> all: a b $(NEWRULE)
>         @echo $@
>
> a b:
>         @echo $@
>        
> $(NEWRULE):
>         @echo $@

That seems like a reasonable approach.   You could also have:

all: a b
         @echo $@

a b:
         @echo $@

all: $(NEWRULE)

$(NEWRULE):
         @echo $@


But that's pretty much the same thing.

John.
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