%% Dan Jacobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Paul> Sometimes features are advanced enough that providing a simple Paul> example
dj> Well still, a few-liner showing how dj> a: b|c dj> differs from dj> a: b c dj> wouldn't hurt. True. dj> Occasionally, however, you have a situation where you want to dj> impose a specific ordering on the rules to be invoked _without_ dj> forcing the target to be updated if one of those rules is dj> executed. In that case, you want to define "order-only" dj> prerequisites. dj> Without plenty of interspersed examples, that still will take deep dj> concentration to understand, even more if the reader is not a native dj> English speaker. Undoubtedly. Order-only prerequisites are definitely an advanced feature. I doubt most people are really able to grok them until they run across a real-life situation where they are needed. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Find some GNU make tips at: http://www.gnu.org http://make.paulandlesley.org "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make
