make manual / 10.2 Catalogue of Built-In Rules / Linking a single object file
x: y.o z.o when x.c, y.c and z.c all exist will execute: cc -c x.c -o x.o # x.c compiles first cc -c y.c -o y.o cc -c z.c -o z.o cc x.o y.o z.o -o x rm -f x.o rm -f y.o rm -f z.o --- Q1: The manual states that the x.c compiles first. But in my example code uses C++20 modules with gcc 11.2.0 it compiles last. Q2: rm -f *.o deleting object files doesn't happen in my test with gcc 11.2.0 too. ` x : y.o z.o ` # without x.o or this: ` x : y.o z.o x.o ` # with x.o ` $(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) $^ $(LDLIBS) -o $@ ` # with recipe The order of compiling is: g++ -std=c++2a -fmodules-ts -g -c -o y.o c.cpp g++ -std=c++2a -fmodules-ts -g -c -o z.o b.cpp g++ -std=c++2a -fmodules-ts -g x.cpp y.o z.o a.o d.o -o x # x.c compiles last
