On 5 Apr 2005 at 13:03 UTC-0700, Ben Pfaff wrote:
...
> Must remake target `c'.
> cat x > c
> Putting child 0x0806eb20 (c) PID 25644 on the chain.
> Live child 0x0806eb20 (c) PID 25644
> Reaping winning child 0x0806eb20 PID 25644
> Removing child 0x0806eb20 PID 25644 from chain.
> Successfully remade target file `c'.
> Considering target file `b'.
> Pruning file `c'.
> Considering target file `d'.
> Looking for an implicit rule for `d'.
> No implicit rule found for `d'.
> Finished prerequisites of target file `d'.
> No need to remake target `d'.
> Finished prerequisites of target file `b'.
> Prerequisite `c' is older than target `b'.
> Prerequisite `d' is older than target `b'.
> No need to remake target `b'.
> Finished prerequisites of target file `a'.
> Prerequisite `c' is newer than target `a'.
> Prerequisite `b' is older than target `a'.
> No need to remake target `a'.
Very strange.
I would have expected b to have been re-made here, since its
prerequisite c was re-made.
And the `a' rule should indeed have run.
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