> From: Paul Smith <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 16:21:49 -0400 > > > and (b) the details of the algorithm are really important only when > > the target is a prerequisite of some other target. > > Obviously this depends on what you define to be "the details", but I > don't think that's so: certainly it's important to know that even if you > run "make a", so that "a" is not a prerequisite of anything else, if "a" > can be found via directory search then this algorithm is in effect and > the details of how it works DO make a difference.
Of course. But that's trivial, and hardly would require a separate section. The effect on targets for which this one is a prerequisite are NOT trivial. That's what the section tries to explain, AFAIU. _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
