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diff --git a/make.texinfo b/make.texinfo index 5d6a65a..8e2b2c1 100644 --- a/make.texinfo +++ b/make.texinfo @@ -977,6 +977,8 @@ specify @samp{-f} or @samp{--file}.@refill @node Include, MAKEFILES Variable, Makefile Names, Makefiles @section Including Other Makefiles +@c !!!!! need to document multiple files in directive: include foo bar ... + @findex include The @code{include} directive tells @code{make} to suspend reading the current makefile and read another makefile before continuing. The @@ -1715,17 +1717,9 @@ foo : foo.c -lcurses @end example @noindent -would cause the command @samp{cc foo.c -lcurses -o foo} to be executed when -@file{foo} is older than @file{foo.c} or than @file{libcurses.a} (which has -probably been found by directory search in the file -@file{/usr/lib/libcurses.a}).@refill - -As shown by the example above, the file name found by directory search is -used only for comparing the file time with the target file's time. It -does not replace the file's name in later usage (such as in automatic -variables like @code{$^}); the name remains unchanged, still starting -with @samp{-l}. This leads to the correct results because the linker -will repeat the appropriate search when it processes this argument.@refill +would cause the command @samp{cc foo.c /usr/lib/libcurses.a -o foo} to +be executed when @file{foo} is older than @file{foo.c} or than +@file{/usr/lib/libcurses.a}.@refill @node Phony Targets, Force Targets, Directory Search, Rules @section Phony Targets |