Re: "partially terminal" rule?

[Paul Smith]

On Tue, 2011-12-13 at 13:21 -0800, Mark Galeck (CW) wrote:
> I want to make an implicit pattern rule, such that only _some_ of the
> prerequisites have to exist and cannot be further chained.  Please
> tell me how if you have encountered something like this before.

I'm not sure I understand the goal.  If make can't find a rule to build
a prerequisite, then by definition it must exist and cannot be further
chained.  So all you have to do to get the above behavior, is just not
define a rule to build those prerequisites.

Maybe you can provide an example and explain the problem you're trying
to solve, with details.

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