Hello, all I have the following make file: test.o: test.c
%.o: %.c; tcc -c $< -o $@ %.exe: %.o; tcc -o $@ $^ %.exe: %.c; tcc $^ -o $@ and invoke it as: make test.exe in a directory that has test.c, but has no test.o . It runs these commands: tcc -c test.c -o test.o tcc -o test.exe test.o But since paragraph 10.5.4 How Patterns Match of the manual says that "a rule whose prerequisites actually exist or are mentioned always takes priority over a rule with prerequisites that must be made by chaining other implicit rules," I expected make to follow the shortest path using the third pattern rule, i.e.: tcc test.c -o test.exe . Why did make decide on build test.o from test.c and then test.exe from test.o? -- () ascii ribbon campaign -- against html e-mail /\ http://preview.tinyurl.com/qcy6mjc [archived] _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list Help-make@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
