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The TARGET-PATTERN and PREREQ-PATTERNS say how to compute the prerequisites of each target. Each target is matched against the TARGET-PATTERN to extract a part of the target name, called the "stem". This stem is substituted into each of the PREREQ-PATTERNS to make the prerequisite names (one from each PREREQ-PATTERN). Each pattern normally contains the character `%' just once. When the TARGET-PATTERN matches a target, the `%' can match any part of the target name; this part is called the "stem". The rest of the pattern must match exactly. For example, the target `foo.o' matches the pattern `%.o', with `foo' as the stem. The targets `foo.c' and `foo.out' do not match that pattern. The prerequisite names for each target are made by substituting the stem for the `%' in each prerequisite pattern. For example, if one prerequisite pattern is `%.c', then substitution of the stem `foo' gives the prerequisite name `foo.c'. It is legitimate to write a prerequisite pattern that does not contain `%'; then this prerequisite is the same for all targets.
The TARGET-PATTERN and PREREQ-PATTERNS say how to compute the
prerequisites of each target. Each target is matched against the
TARGET-PATTERN to extract a part of the target name, called the "stem".
This stem is substituted into each of the PREREQ-PATTERNS to make the
prerequisite names (one from each PREREQ-PATTERN).
目的模式(TARGET-PATTERN)和前提模式(PREREQ-PATTERN)指出如何为每一个目的计算前提条件。每个目的都通过目的模式来解析出一部分目的名来进行匹配，成为枝干。这个枝干会被替换成每一个前提模式以生成前提条件名称(一个 前提模式一个)
上述每个模式同行都只包含%符号一次。当目的模式匹配了一个目的，%能够匹配任何目的名的部分，这个部分称为 枝干。剩余的模式必须精确匹配。例如，目的 foo.o 匹配模式 %.o， foo为枝干。目的 foo.c 和 foo.out 并不匹配此模式。
每个目的的前提条件名通过在前提条件模式中为%替换枝干部分形成。例如，如果一个前提条件的模式是 %.c， 那么对枝干 foo的替换给出了前提条件名 foo.c。 写一个不包含%的前提条件模式是可以的，此时这个前提条件名称对所有目的都相同。
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