Re: aa : %/bb : blah/%/cc

[Paul Smith]

On Fri, 2011-10-21 at 11:04 -0700, Adam Kellas wrote:
> I've run across a rule of the form shown in the subject line and do
> not recognize it as any GNU make feature I've ever seen, nor can I
> find it in the manual. Here's a simplified version of the real rule,
> which seems to work just fine:
> 
> $(TARGETS) : %/$(PACKAGE): subdir/%/$(TGT) $(EXTRA_FILES)
>            <shell code>
> 
> It's the multiple colons that throw me. Can someone point to the
> appropriate spot in TFM? This is make 3.81 on a Mac.

Look up static pattern rules in the GNU make manual.
Let us know if you have more questions.

Cheers!