Re: can gnu make do this?

[Paul D. Smith]

%% "Mr. Feed" <address@hidden> writes:

  f> compile several executable based on different .o set, and have a
  f> generic make file to compile them.

  f> aaaOBJS = a.o, aa.o
  f> bbbOBJS = b.o, bb.o

  f> I want to do:

  f> $(OBJDIR)/%: $(%OBJS)

  f> i.e. use different set of .o file set based on the stem name.

No, not really.

You have to list the prerequisites explicitly.  You don't have to
rewrite the rule every time, though:

  $(OBJDIR)/aaa: a.o aa.o
  $(OBJDIR)/bbb: b.o bb.o
    ...

  $(OBJDIR)/%:
        ...

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