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Clarify dependent/dependency

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Dave Abrahams
2005-09-22 16:39:36 +00:00
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@@ -318,10 +318,13 @@ build-project app ;
<title>Dependent Targets</title>
<para>
Targets that are &#x201C;needed&#x201D; by other targets are called
<firstterm>dependencies</firstterm> of those other targets. The
targets that need the other targets are called
<firstterm>dependent</firstterm> targets.
When a building a target <filename>X</filename> depends on first
building another target <filename>Y</filename> (such as a
library that must be linked with <firstterm>X</firstterm>),
<filename>Y</filename> is called a
<firstterm>dependency</firstterm> of <filename>X</filename> and
<filename>X</filename> is termed a
<firstterm>dependent</firstterm> of <filename>Y</filename>.
</para>
<para>To get a feeling of target dependencies, let's continue the