Re: typo in the make manual

[Philip Guenther]

On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 12:24 AM, Philip Guenther <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 11:06 PM, ali hagigat <address@hidden> wrote:
>> 6.12 Pattern-specific Variable Values
>> This results in more specific variables taking precedence
>> over the more generic ones...to

I wonder if part of the confusion here stems from the word
"precedence".  In English, "to take precedence" does *not* imply an
order in time, but rather an order in _priority_.

For example, consider the default variable assignment to "CC" versus
an assignment to "CC" in the Makefile.  The default assignment happens
first in time, but the assignment in the Makefile has precedence.


Philip Guenther