re: make: dealing with targets with multiple outputs

[matthew green <mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost>]

"Simon J. Gerraty" writes:
> David Holland <dholland-tech%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:
> > No, the special target should be for the unusual case.
> > 
> > The usual case is:
> > 
> >    y.tab.c y.tab.h: foo.y
> >            $(YACC) -d foo.y
> 
> Sorry I've been away...
> 
> AFAIK yacc is normally handled via suffix rules.
> How is that case handled?

AFAICT, yacc handling is currently poor and is (part of)
what dholland is trying to propose a fix for.


.mrg.