I think the opposite. Isn't it saying that a rule for building .o from .c will work for such files in any directory, but a rule for building release/%.o from %.c will only work in the current directory?
On Feb 9, 2018, at 08:30, Howard Johnson <h...@bridgeportcontractor.com> wrote: In this section and paragraph: 10.5.4 How Patterns Match ... "When the target pattern does not contain a slash (and it usually does not), directory names in the file names are removed from the file name before it is compared with the target prefix and suffix." I think it should instead read: "When the target pattern contains a slash (usually it does not), ..." In other words, this paragraph speaks to how matching occurs with something like /dir/foo _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list Bug-make@gnu.org https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.gnu.org%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fbug-make&data=01%7C01%7CMartin.Dorey%40hitachivantara.com%7C45c9af59c937494fba1e08d56fda6a05%7C05ed65ebd042463abde010853828a84b%7C0&sdata=6nDwJ%2FKMijhFql8KdDHE0LD7bDOP7cSgvZPY6ZYylkI%3D&reserved=0 _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list Bug-make@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make