See:
https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Suffix-Rules.html#Suffix-Rules
<snip>
Suffix rules cannot have any prerequisites of their own. If they have
any, they are treated as normal files with funny names, not as suffix
rules. Thus, the rule:
...
</snip>
---
build-aux/po/Makefile.in.in | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/build-aux/po/Makefile.in.in b/build-aux/po/Makefile.in.in
index e4169b338..320cef068 100644
--- a/build-aux/po/Makefile.in.in
+++ b/build-aux/po/Makefile.in.in
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ DISTFILESDEPS =
$(DISTFILESDEPS_$(DIST_DEPENDS_ON_UPDATE_PO))
# the .pot file. This eliminates the need to update the .po files when the
# .pot file has changed, which would be troublesome if the .po files are put
# under version control.
-.po.gmo: $(srcdir)/$(DOMAIN).pot
+%.gmo: %.po $(srcdir)/$(DOMAIN).pot
@lang=`echo $* | sed -e 's,.*/,,'`; \
test "$(srcdir)" = . && cdcmd="" || cdcmd="cd $(srcdir) && "; \
echo "$${cdcmd}rm -f $${lang}.gmo && $(MSGMERGE)
$(MSGMERGE_FOR_MSGFMT_OPTION) -o $${lang}.1po $${lang}.po $(DOMAIN).pot &&
$(GMSGFMT) -c --statistics --verbose -o $${lang}.gmo $${lang}.1po && rm -f
$${lang}.1po"; \
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ DISTFILESDEPS =
$(DISTFILESDEPS_$(DIST_DEPENDS_ON_UPDATE_PO))
mv t-$${lang}.gmo $${lang}.gmo && \
rm -f $${lang}.1po
-.sin.sed:
+%.sed: %.sin
sed -e '/^#/d' $< > t-$@
mv t-$@ $@
@@ -444,14 +444,14 @@ update-po: Makefile
# General rule for creating PO files.
-.nop.po-create:
+%.po-create: %.nop
@lang=`echo $@ | sed -e 's/\.po-create$$//'`; \
echo "File $$lang.po does not exist. If you are a translator, you can
create it through 'msginit'." 1>&2; \
exit 1
# General rule for updating PO files.
-.nop.po-update:
+%.po-update: %.nop
@lang=`echo $@ | sed -e 's/\.po-update$$//'`; \
if test "$(PACKAGE)" = "gettext-tools" && test "$(CROSS_COMPILING)" !=
"yes"; then PATH=`pwd`/../src:$$PATH; fi; \
tmpdir=`pwd`; \
--
2.25.0.dirty
