Re: Help-make Digest, Vol 94, Issue 23

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 09:21:02 +0330
> From: ali hagigat <address@hidden>
> 
> My question is about, the section, 4.4.3 How Directory Searches are Performed:
> Please correct me if I am wrong:
> In Item 4.b:
> "If the target does need to be rebuilt (is out-of-date), the pathname
> found during directory search is thrown away, and the target is
> rebuilt using the file name
> specified in the makefile."
> 
> The first word of 'target' is the prerequisite of our first rule and
> needs to be rebuilt, while the second word of  'target' points to the
> target of the first rule.

No, they both refer to the same "target", the prerequisite of our
first rule.

Again, please read the proposed rewording of this description, I made
an effort to disambiguate this there.