%% Lin George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: lg> I am reading through GNU make manual about "Generating lg> Prerequisites Automatically" topic. I do not quite lg> understand what the following statements mean (Section lg> 4.14),
lg> -------------------- lg> Note that such a prerequisite constitutes mentioning lg> main.o in a makefile, so it can never be considered an lg> intermediate file by implicit rule search. This means lg> that make won't ever remove the file after using it; lg> see Chains of Implicit Rules. lg> -------------------- lg> Could anyone show me a simple sample please? I'm not sure what kind of example one could show. Read the section of the GNU make manual on intermediate files. Then note that by putting your .o files into the makefile like this, you're ensuring that they cannot be intermediate files. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Find some GNU make tips at: http://www.gnu.org http://make.paulandlesley.org "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
