Re: short followup on vpath/VPATH stuff

[Paul D. Smith]

%% "Robert P. J. Day" <address@hidden> writes:

  rpjd> this can certainly be clearer, methinks.  or, i could just be
  rpjd> smarter.

You need to remember that every prerequisite is also a target.  Even if
you don't list it explicitly as a target, make always treats every
prerequisite as a target and tries to rebuild it, using implicit rules
if there is no explicit rule.

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