Re: The %.o: %.cc rule

[Harlan Stenn]

> Besides the reason that it's not nessasary are there any reasons why
> the automake inference rules for C and C++ don't use -o ?
> 
> I seem to remember that some compilers don't accept -o is this correct?

Yes.  Some older compilers will not accept both -c and -o .

> If so what is the typical way of dealing with the lack of -o when
> you want it?

either mv the produced .o name to what you want, or find a way to compile
the source from a faked .c file.

You could also mv an existing .o out of the way, compile, and rename back,
but that gets messy and doesn't do well with parallel makes.

H