From: j DOT aldrich6 AT genie DOT com
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Date: Wed, 22 May 96 01:28:00 UTC 0000
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Subject: Re: 'make' problem

Reply to message 1063951    from ELIZ AT IS DOT ELTA. on 05/21/96  8:13AM


>It is quite standard.  I even think POSIX specifies it, but I don't have
>a POSIX reference handy to check.  Anyway, many Make programs support it,
>although if you want to also support Make programs from DOS compilers,
>you might consider staying away from static pattern rules.

I don't quite understand.  Why wouldn't "%.o : %.cpp" work under DOS?
Make is quite adept at picking out the right parts of the filename as far as
I can tell.  I would think that a static pattern rule would give more trouble
under Unix than DOS because of the less restrictive filename rules.

John