Re: pattern rules with absolute paths and chaining (Was: implicit rules with absolute paths and chaining (Was: targets starting with '/'))

[Paul D. Smith]

%% Noel Yap <address@hidden> writes:

  ny> I haven't tried the patch out yet, but the explanation doesn't
  ny> seem to explain why replacing the absolute paths with relative
  ny> paths fixes the problem.

I think the comment pretty clearly addresses exactly this:

  >> -            /* The name is absolute and the directory does not exist.
  >> -               This rule can never possibly match, since this dependency
  >> -               can never possibly exist.  So just remove the rule from
  >> -               the list.  */

???

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