Re: Make feature rq: Non-pattern rules with multi-target commands

[Paul D. Smith]

%% Henning Makholm <address@hidden> writes:

  hm> One possibility that didn't introduce any new syntax would be that if
  hm> for a rule

  hm>    target1 target2: prerequisites
  hm>         command1
  hm>         command2

  hm> the automatic variables $@ and $% are never unfolded during the
  hm> evaluation of the commands, make would assume that the commands
  hm> have made all the targets up-to-date.

Oh gack!! :)

I'm going to pretend you never wrote that, Henning.  We'll chalk it up
to Monday-morning-itis :).

  hm> Such a principle may be too arcane and adhockish to admit of
  hm> understandable documentation, however.

At the least...

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