Re: Odd rule issue

[Paul Smith]

On Thu, 2010-12-09 at 17:03 -0500, Paul Smith wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-12-09 at 03:26 -0800, AdamWainwright wrote:
> > PROGS=../xxx                                                                
> >   
> > 
> > $(PROGS): $(addsuffix .y, $(@F))
> >         cp $(@F).y $@
> 
> You can't use $@ in the prerequisite lists; that value is not set until
> much later when make actually tries to invoke the rule.
> 
> In this case you want to use pattern rules, most likely.

I should have said "static pattern rules" here.  See the manual.

Cheers!