A NOTE has been added to this issue. ====================================================================== https://www.austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=1650 ====================================================================== Reported By: rillig Assigned To: ====================================================================== Project: Issue 8 drafts Issue ID: 1650 Category: Shell and Utilities Type: Clarification Requested Severity: Editorial Priority: normal Status: New Name: Roland Illig Organization: User Reference: Section: make Page Number: 3103-3136 Line Number: Final Accepted Text: ====================================================================== Date Submitted: 2023-03-31 08:46 UTC Last Modified: 2023-04-01 13:43 UTC ====================================================================== Summary: Words 'prerequisite' and 'dependency' used interchangeably ======================================================================
---------------------------------------------------------------------- (0006240) cmsmith (reporter) - 2023-04-01 13:43 https://www.austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=1650#c6240 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a not a straightforward editorial change, as, I regard the two terms are not the same and have distinct meanings, albeit their usage is imperfect in the description of the <make> utility. I believe the term "prerequisite" implies something that must be done first, so, in the context of the <make> utility, it would be another target (possibly phony or possibly implicit). Calling the list of files for creating a target would be better called a "dependency list". That dependency list may contain simple filenames and also the prerequisite target names. If others do not make the semantic distinction between the terms "dependency" and "prerequisite", I would still favour the more usual term "dependency" over "prerequisite" if the consensus were to stick with one or the other. Issue History Date Modified Username Field Change ====================================================================== 2023-03-31 08:46 rillig New Issue 2023-03-31 08:46 rillig Name => Roland Illig 2023-03-31 08:46 rillig Section => make 2023-03-31 08:46 rillig Page Number => 3103-3136 2023-04-01 13:43 cmsmith Note Added: 0006240 ======================================================================
