Re: Checking application of dependencies from make rules without recipes

[SF Markus Elfring]

> I don't see why it makes a difference in how rule types should be ordered

A dependency graph is constructed by make scripts.


> (I assume that by "ordered" you mean which rules are defined
> first in the makefile).

Yes.

The possibility is supported to cancel implicit rules (which refer to
targets that contain the placeholder “%”) on demand during a specific
construction sequence.


> Only if an explicit rule does not exist will an implicit rule search
> be performed.

I got the impression that this general handling might need another look
for one of my test cases.


> Makefiles are not like the shell or other interpreted languages where
> commands are executed as they are parsed.

They correspond to a special category of programming languages.
I find that there are also functions supported which are
immediately executed.

Regards,
Markus