Can You Have Multiple Rules in a Makefile?

4.11 Multiple Rules for One Target
There can only be one recipe to be executed for a file. ... Occasionally it is useful to have the same target invoke multiple recipes which are defined in different parts of your makefile; you can use double-colon rules (see Double-Colon) for this.

How the rules are specified in makefile?

A rule appears in the makefile and says when and how to remake certain files, called the rule's targets (most often only one per rule). It lists the other files that are the prerequisites of the target, and the recipe to use to create or update the target.

What are the three parts of a makefile rule?

Makefile sets a set of rules to determine which parts of a program need to be recompile, and issues command to recompile them. Makefile is a way of automating software building procedure and other complex tasks with dependencies. Makefile contains: dependency rules, macros and suffix(or implicit) rules.

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