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Re: kind of double depency


From: Greg Chicares
Subject: Re: kind of double depency
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 21:59:11 +0000
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On 2006-3-20 10:18 UTC, Sébastien BARTHÉLEMY wrote:
> 
> I'm facing a makefile with following rule :
> 
> $(CFILES): %.scilab : %.sci
>       $(SCITOC) $< >$(@)
> 
> I'd like to know what exactly means the a : b : c construction and
> cannot find it in the "info make" pages nor on the web. It's probably

The gnu make manual explains it.

> a keyword problem, I'm always falling back on double-colons (::)
> explanations.

A 'double-colon rule' is something else.

> Any hint on what/where I should look for ?

Look for 'static pattern rule'.




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