mirrors/make-dfsg
1
0
Fork 0
mirror of https://salsa.debian.org/srivasta/make-dfsg.git synced 2025-02-07 04:55:46 +00:00
Code Issues Projects Releases Packages Wiki Activity Actions

(Automatic Dependencies): Mention here that deps preclude intermediate files.

Browse source
This commit is contained in:
Roland McGrath 1994-04-21 01:35:11 +00:00
parent f5b14eee67
commit b86e35d2a6
1 changed files with 5 additions and 0 deletions
Show stats Download patch file Download diff file Expand all files Collapse all files

5
make.texinfo
View file

@ -2543,6 +2543,11 @@ main.o : main.c defs.h
Thus you no longer have to write all those rules yourself. Thus you no longer have to write all those rules yourself.
The compiler will do it for you. The compiler will do it for you.
Note that such a dependency constitutes mentioning @file{main.o} in a
makefile, so it can never be considered an intermediate file by implicit
rule search. This means that @code{make} won't ever remove the file
after using it; @pxref{Chained Rules, ,Chains of Implicit Rules}.
@cindex @code{make depend} @cindex @code{make depend}
With old @code{make} programs, it was traditional practice to use this With old @code{make} programs, it was traditional practice to use this
compiler feature to generate dependencies on demand with a command like compiler feature to generate dependencies on demand with a command like