Re: "No targets" message with pattern rule

[August Karlstrom]

Nick Patavalis wrote:
> > %.suffix2: %.suffix1
> >        cp $< $@
>
> Well, you get no targets because you have specified *no targets*! You
> never indicated to Make *what* you want to build. If you say:
>
>    $ make test1.suffix2
>
> it will work. In the makefile you simply indicated that: "If you need
> a .suffix2 file, then you can make it from the corresponding .suffix1
> file like this". But you never said what you want to make.

OK I see. So what should I add to the makefile to tell make to create a 
.suffix2 file for each .suffix1 file? I have tried the following but it 
doesn't seem to work:

.PHONY: main

main: $(wildcard *.suffix2)

%.suffix2: %.suffix1
        cp $< $@


August