On Wed, May 18, 2022 at 5:37 PM Jacob Kopczynski
wrote:
>> - it might make sense to state explicitly that order-only prereqs
>> which are phony behave in all ways like standard prerequisites.
This statement is simply incorrect.
Order-only prerequisites which are phony do not behave like
> It says SECONDARY EXPANSION, while the first time the manual is referring to
> the first one
I think it means what it says. I'd try to suggest a rewording for clarity...
but I'm not seeing how it could be clearer. Perhaps you could suggest one?
From:
Hi,
It is probably not that important but It doesn't cost me anything to report
it.
In chapter -3.9 Secondary Expansion- at paragraph 7:
It says SECONDARY EXPANSION, while the first time the manual is referring
to the first one. (since the example shows how MAKE parses the first
expansion and
The thing that the docs refer to as "impose order" is not a single thing,
but two. I would characterize a normal prerequisite as doing three things
rather than two:
- *update-marking: *cause a target to be marked out of date if the prereq
is marked out of date
- *require-existence: *require the
On Wed, 2022-05-18 at 10:22 -0700, Jacob Kopczynski wrote:
> I believe I understand. The name "order-only" is highly misleading
> and should be changed - it does considerably more than "only"
> "order"; the only thing it does not do is check the timestamp.
As described in the docs there are only
I believe I understand. The name "order-only" is highly misleading and
should be changed - it does considerably more than "only" "order"; the only
thing it does not do is check the timestamp. This portion of the
documentation *particularly* needs changing:
> Occasionally, however, you have a
