Re: Using the target of a pattern rule as a prerequisite

[Noel Yap]

Paul D. Smith wrote:

> %% Boris Kolpackov <address@hidden> writes:
>
>   bk> "Paul D. Smith" <address@hidden> writes:
>
>   >> In general it's not a good idea (IMO) to depend on a directory
>   >> anyway: it will cause your code to rebuild in many situations where
>   >> it's not necessary.
>
>   bk> I think using order-only dependency on a directory is not such a bad
>   bk> idea.
>
> Yes, that's true.  Of course then he has the original problem of
> obtaining the directory name in the prerequisite list.  I realize you
> have a solution for that in your patches as well :-).

My solution to this, although IMHO not as elegant as Boris's patch, was to have 
something like:

        $(OBJECTS): | $(dir $(OBJECTS))

Noel