Re: clarifications about “10.8 Implicit Rule Searc h Algorithm.”

Dmitry <[email protected]> Tue, 21 Oct 2025 00:55:23 +0300
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On Mon, Oct 20, 2025 at 11:16=E2=80=AFPM Paul Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
> Can we clarify: you are not saying that you don't understand the _behavio=
r_ of make.
I can=E2=80=99t say I completely understand how make works, but with the
enhanced debug output in=E2=80=AF4.4.1=E2=80=AFit became clearer.
> You are just questioning why you see these debug messages which don't see=
m like they should be needed?
> Is that right?
Exactly. I=E2=80=99m trying to figure out in detail how make searches throu=
gh its rules.

regards, Dmitry