"Paul D. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > The order in which pattern rules appear in the makefile is important > > since this is the order in which they are considered. Of equally > > applicable rules, only the first one found is used. > > I guess that's a little confusing, since "equally applicable" isn't > defined anywhere. But, it refers to the last sentence: > > > Note however, that a rule whose prerequisites actually exist or are > > mentioned always takes priority over a rule with prerequisites that must > > be made by chaining other implicit rules. > > > Anyway, the short answer is that for basic pattern rules (not chained > pattern rules) the first one appearing in the makefile is always used.
I am planning to implement a "shortest stem" matching for equally applicable implicit rules. Do you think that would be good definition of a "better-matching"? -boris _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
