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Re: [PATCH 3/4] Makefile: Replace old suffix rules with pattern rules

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
To: Simon Marchi <simon dot marchi at ericsson dot com>
Cc: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2016 18:34:49 +0200
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] Makefile: Replace old suffix rules with pattern rules
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Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>

> From: Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@ericsson.com>
> CC: Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@polymtl.ca>
> Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2016 11:08:07 -0500
> 
> AFAIK, .SUFFIXES targets are only used for those rules, and can be
> removed as well.

AFAIK, .SUFFIXES affects built-in rules, and so having there only
suffixes relevant to our build will make the build faster, sometimes
much faster, because Make doesn't need to consider irrelevant built-in
rules.

When in doubt, we can ask the GNU Make maintainer to help us.

Follow-Ups:
- Re: [PATCH 3/4] Makefile: Replace old suffix rules with pattern rules
  - From: Pedro Alves

References:
- [PATCH 0/4] Require GNU make
  - From: Simon Marchi
- [PATCH 3/4] Makefile: Replace old suffix rules with pattern rules
  - From: Simon Marchi

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