sbp/scalable — comment on commit 01d8d97a6d34b309699d4ad0e64f195219f34776
File: Makefile line 52
By nslater:

It could be, but it doesn't serve any purpose. The target does not depend on the Makefile being updated in a way that means anything to the operation of Make. It you're doing this because you like the terseness of the`$<` variable, I would recommend against it.