On Sat, 2010-09-25 at 13:26 +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > Making a PDF is not simple where I'm typing this. Here's the Info > (plain text) version, though:
The concern I have about this is that it describes directory search as an operation that happens on prerequisites, but that's not how make works. Make does the directory search on targets. When make wants to build a target T, it checks to see if the path described in the makefile exists. If it does then that path is used. If it doesn't then the target is looked for via directory search. If the target is found via directory search and does not need to be rebuilt, then the found path is used as the target anywhere else that it's referenced (such as where that target is used as the prerequisite of another). I understand that you're trying to make the explanation clearer and maybe it's OK to change things around for simpler understanding, as long as it's a distinction without a difference... but I'm not sure. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith <[email protected]> Find some GNU make tips at: http://www.gnu.org http://make.mad-scientist.net "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
