Re: trouble with order rules in implicit rules

[Boris Kolpackov]

"Paul D. Smith" <address@hidden> writes:

> >    The order in which pattern rules appear in the makefile is important
> > since this is the order in which they are considered.  Of equally
> > applicable rules, only the first one found is used.
> 
> I guess that's a little confusing, since "equally applicable" isn't
> defined anywhere.  But, it refers to the last sentence:
> 
> > Note however, that a rule whose prerequisites actually exist or are
> > mentioned always takes priority over a rule with prerequisites that must
> > be made by chaining other implicit rules.
> 
> 
> Anyway, the short answer is that for basic pattern rules (not chained
> pattern rules) the first one appearing in the makefile is always used.

I am planning to implement a "shortest stem" matching for equally 
applicable implicit rules. Do you think that would be good definition
of a "better-matching"?

-boris