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Re: Multiple rules for same target: what is the order of prerequisites i
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Bahman Movaqar |
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Re: Multiple rules for same target: what is the order of prerequisites in $^ and what does $< expand to? |
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Mon, 02 Oct 2023 12:25:39 -0700 |
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On Mon, 2023-10-02 at 15:14 -0400, Paul Smith wrote:
> You should put the "important" prerequisite, if one exists, on the rule
> containing the recipe. If that rule doesn't list any prerequisites,
> you are effectively saying that none of the prerequisites is special
> and they are all interchangeable. In that case, $< doesn't really make
> sense; why would you need to get the first prerequisite specifically,
> if all the prerequisites are interchangeable?
TIL 💡
Noted down w/ thanks.
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Bahman
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