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diff --git a/make.texinfo b/make.texinfo index fcbd5c7..bb74eb9 100644 --- a/make.texinfo +++ b/make.texinfo @@ -2543,6 +2543,11 @@ main.o : main.c defs.h Thus you no longer have to write all those rules yourself. 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} With old @code{make} programs, it was traditional practice to use this compiler feature to generate dependencies on demand with a command like |