Re: RFE: .NOT_PARALLEL extension to help with multiple targets

[Paul D. Smith]

%% Noel Yap <address@hidden> writes:

  ny> Really?  I had thought:

  ny>   %.pm %_wrap.cc: %.swg
  ny>   $(SwigAction)

  ny> was equivalent to:

  ny>   %.pm: %.swg
  ny>   $(SwigAction)

  ny>   %_wrap.cc: %.swg
  ny>   $(SwigAction)

No.  That's true for explicit rules but pattern rules have a different
behavior.

  ny> My tests suggest this isn't true.  If you confirm, it sounds like
  ny> GNU make already has the functionality I want.

You don't need to test it, just read about pattern rules in the GNU make
manual :).

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