The source of confusion in the section, "4.4.3 How Directory Searches are Performed", is that at the items 1 and 4, it talks about 'target' but these two targets are different. When reading search algorithm, at item 1, one imagines a rule which has a target, some prerequisites and some commands. Then in Item 4 it again talks about 'target', while this new target is actually the prerequisite of the target of Item 1. The distinction of target and prerequisite has not been indicated well. One asks from himself after reading the text, the target of what rule? The prerequisite of what rule?
Another source of confusion is : " any prerequisite lists which contain this target"!! It is better to be substituted with : "when this target is seen or used as the prerequisite of other rules" "any prerequisite lists which contain this target" may be interpreted as, this target has been in some rules and the pathname found is used for all prerequisites of such targets. _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
