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(How Make Works): Clearify that default goal is only first target.

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Roland McGrath 1995-10-10 20:18:24 +00:00
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@ -632,11 +632,10 @@ from @code{rm} or any other command.
@cindex processing a makefile
@cindex makefile, how @code{make} processes
By default, @code{make} starts with the first rule (not counting rules
whose target names start with @samp{.}). This is called the
@dfn{default goal}. (@dfn{Goals} are the targets that @code{make}
strives ultimately to update. @xref{Goals, , Arguments to Specify the
Goals}.)
By default, @code{make} starts with the first target (not targets whose
names start with @samp{.}). This is called the @dfn{default goal}.
(@dfn{Goals} are the targets that @code{make} strives ultimately to
update. @xref{Goals, , Arguments to Specify the Goals}.)
@cindex default goal
@cindex goal, default
@cindex goal
@ -3565,6 +3564,14 @@ from getting implicit commands (from implicit rules or the
@code{.DEFAULT} special target; @pxref{Implicit Rules} and
@pxref{Last Resort, ,Defining Last-Resort Default Rules}).@refill
@c !!! another reason is for canonical stamp files:
@ignore
foo: stamp-foo ;
stamp-foo: foo.in
create foo frm foo.in
touch $@
@end ignore
You may be inclined to define empty command strings for targets that are
not actual files, but only exist so that their dependencies can be
remade. However, this is not the best way to do that, because the