Re: directory search fails!

[ali hagigat]

"prerequisite lists which contain this target"

The first thing comes to mind after reading this sentence , is that we
have a target and some prerequisites.
One can not think that the target we are talking about is among a list
of words which make up our prerequisite list.
Because when a word is written in a prerequisite list, it is not a
target!! it is a prerequisite in the list!!
So this target may be a multiple-rule target which has some rules with
prerequisites and the pathname found is used for each prerequisite
item!

On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 10:40 AM, Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 08:52:19 +0330
>> From: ali hagigat <address@hidden>
>>
>> The source of confusion in the section, "4.4.3 How Directory Searches
>> are Performed",  is that at the items 1 and 4, it talks about 'target'
>> but these two targets are different. When reading search algorithm, at
>> item 1, one imagines a rule which has a target, some prerequisites and
>> some commands.
>> Then in Item 4 it again talks about 'target', while this new target is
>> actually the prerequisite of the target of Item 1.
>> The distinction of target and prerequisite has not been indicated
>> well. One asks from himself after reading the text, the target of what
>> rule? The prerequisite of  what rule?
>
> I don't understand the source of the confusion.  A "prerequisite list"
> is a list of words; a list that "contains this target" is a list one
> of whose words is the target.  What is confusing here, exactly?  Can
> you give an example where this confusion comes to light?
>