in a makefile, declaring a phony target as a wildcard

Question

I want to declare my wildcard target as phony, but phony doesn\'t support wildcards:

My makefile:

%.config:
        gcc <>


        

Answer 1

These are conflicting aims. A phony target is one that doesn't correspond to a real file. In your case, the file exists, but it's not really a target.

I would suggest not using the name of the config file as the target. Instead, construct a system based on one of the following:

make something_else
make CONFIG=something_else.config