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diff --git a/make.texinfo b/make.texinfo index aa00e8d..58d1186 100644 --- a/make.texinfo +++ b/make.texinfo @@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ @c For publication, format makebook.texi instead of using this file directly. -@set EDITION 0.42 -@set VERSION 3.66 Beta -@set UPDATED 14 May 1993 +@set EDITION 0.43 +@set VERSION 3.68 Beta +@set UPDATED 24 May 1993 @set UPDATE-MONTH May 1993 @c finalout @@ -7690,6 +7690,12 @@ with @samp{.a} as the target suffix. Any double-suffix rule @w{@samp{.@var{x}.a}} is converted to a pattern rule with the target pattern @samp{(%.o)} and a dependency pattern of @samp{%.@var{x}}. +Since you might want to use @samp{.a} as the suffix for some other kind +of file, @code{make} also converts archive suffix rules to pattern rules +in the normal way (@pxref{Suffix Rules}). Thus a double-suffix rule +@w{@samp{.@var{x}.a}} produces two pattern rules: @samp{@w{(%.o):} +@w{%.@var{x}}} and @samp{@w{%.a}: @w{%.@var{x}}}.@refill + @node Features, Missing, Archives, Top @chapter Features of GNU @code{make} @cindex features of GNU @code{make} |