%% "Leeuwesteijn,Joost" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

  l> Hi *,
  >> From chapter "Implicit Rule Search Algorithm":
  l> "4. Remove from the list all rules with no commands."

  l> Just to be sure: are pattern rules without commands totally useless?

They're not useless, but they don't do the same thing as explicit rules
with no commands.

A pattern rule with no commands _deletes_ that pattern rule from the
make database.  See the GNU make manual section "Canceling Implicit Rules".

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