Re: generation of rules specified on the command line

[Paul D. Smith]

%% Levent Yilmaz <address@hidden> writes:

  ly> My problem is quite simple, but I couldn't come up with any
  ly> solution but one which is convoluted and far from being elegant. I
  ly> will display it, but of course first thing's first. Here is my
  ly> simple problem:

  ly> PROBLEM: Generate rules based on the targets *specified at the time* 
  ly> make is run, and make them. For example,
  ly> %> make foo.cpp bar.f90
  ly> would generate targets 'foo.o' and 'bar.o'.

You've got it the wrong way around.  Even reading out loud it doesn't
make sense: you don't "make foo.cpp", foo.cpp is already there.

You want to make foo.o, so that is what you should ask for.  Tell make
what you want it to make:

    make foo.o bar.o

and all will work out properly.

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