TARGETLIB_SONAME = @WX_TARGET_LIBRARY_SONAME@
-%.o : %.c
+# NB: see remark in Makefile.in as to why we don't use %.foo: %.bar rules
+.SUFFIXES: .o .c .cpp .cxx
+
+.c.o:
$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) $(PICFLAGS) -o $@ $<
-%.o : %.cpp
+.cpp.o:
$(CXX) -c $(CXXFLAGS) $(PICFLAGS) -o $@ $<
-%.o : %.cxx
+.cxx.o:
$(CXX) -c $(CXXFLAGS) $(PICFLAGS) -o $@ $<
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