Selection and construction specifications result in the processing of multiple components.
Selection specifications in make
With the selection specification, you can reference target components. Patterns in the selection specification can be used to form source components (see the description of construction specifications below). Selection specifications refer to target components which are known to make and which are generated gradually through the specified dependencies during the make run.
Selection specifications apply to these components only, not to the contents of libraries. Selection specifications may be made for ELEMENT, TYPE and library name.
Construction specifications in make
Construction specifications can be used to form designations of source components from target components, where ELEMENT corresponds to ELEMENT and TYPE to TYPE. The file names specified correspond to one another and to ELEMENT.
If multiple target and source components are specified, the selection and construction processes are executed for all combinations of those components. The file names specified correspond to one another and to ELEMENT.
The LMS restriction that at least one placeholder of the selection specification must occur in the construction specification does not apply here.