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Re: Make file question about the .c.o rule

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General Schvantzkoph <schvantzkoph@yahoo.com> writes:

> How do I use the .c.o rule when the sources are in subdirectories,
>
> for example
>
> foo/src2.c
>
> bar/src2.c
>
> In my Makefile I have 
>
> .c.o: $(HDL_COMMON_INCLUDES) ${HDL_INCLUDES} $(PMACS_INCLUDES)
> 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c $< 
>
> This compiles the sources and puts the .o files in the top directory 
> rather that the subdirectory. The problem is that Make doesn't realize 
> that the .o files exist so every invocation of make builds everything.

Use this command:
	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<

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Måns Rullgård
mans@mansr.com

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Make file question about the .c.o rule General Schvantzkoph <schvantzkoph@yahoo.com> - 2011-07-24 18:05 +0000
  Re: Make file question about the .c.o rule Måns Rullgård <mans@mansr.com> - 2011-07-24 19:12 +0100
    Re: Make file question about the .c.o rule General Schvantzkoph <schvantzkoph@yahoo.com> - 2011-07-24 18:23 +0000

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