* doc/make.texi (Automatic Variables): Relocate the $? example

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diff --git a/doc/make.texi b/doc/make.texi
index 60c75d600b79bedefcb2e2121f00747029060bff..45d3cec7aeccd486dd78f07341b3aec917ccb9e4 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/make.texi
+++ b/doc/make.texi
@@ -10243,6 +10243,18 @@ The names of all the prerequisites that are newer than the target, with
 spaces between them.  If the target does not exist, all prerequisites
 will be included.  For prerequisites which are archive members, only the
 named member is used (@pxref{Archives}).
+
+@samp{$?} is useful even in explicit rules when you wish to operate on only
+the prerequisites that have changed.  For example, suppose that an archive
+named @file{lib} is supposed to contain copies of several object files.
+This rule copies just the changed object files into the archive:
+
+@example
+@group
+lib: foo.o bar.o lose.o win.o
+        ar r lib $?
+@end group
+@end example
 @cindex prerequisites, list of changed
 @cindex list of changed prerequisites
 
@@ -10299,18 +10311,6 @@ If the target name in an explicit rule does not end with a recognized
 suffix, @samp{$*} is set to the empty string for that rule.
 @end table
 
-@samp{$?} is useful even in explicit rules when you wish to operate on only
-the prerequisites that have changed.  For example, suppose that an archive
-named @file{lib} is supposed to contain copies of several object files.
-This rule copies just the changed object files into the archive:
-
-@example
-@group
-lib: foo.o bar.o lose.o win.o
-        ar r lib $?
-@end group
-@end example
-
 Of the variables listed above, four have values that are single file
 names, and three have values that are lists of file names.  These
 seven have variants that get just the file's directory name or just