On Sun, 2011-04-03 at 13:42 +0430, ali hagigat wrote:
> If I have two pattern rules for a target in a makefile, which one will
> be selected?
Before 3.82, the GNU make manual says:
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.
The rules you write take precedence over those that are built
in.
In 3.82 a more intelligent scheme is used: the GNU make manual says:
It is possible that more than one pattern rule will meet these
criteria. In that case, @code{make} will choose the rule with
the shortest stem (that is, the pattern that matches most
specifically). If more than one pattern rule has the shortest
stem, @code{make} will choose the first one found in the
makefile.
However, we've seen incompatibilities and problems with this. It's not
clear exactly how this will play out.
Most of the time rules can easily be written to work the same in both
versions.
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