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     To use a target in more than one description block, specify two
     consecutive colons (::) between targets and dependents in each
     dependency that contains the target, as follows:
 
          target :: [some dependents]
            [commands block]
 
          target :: [other dependents]
            [commands block]
 
     A target can appear in only one dependency when specified with a
     single colon (:).
     See: ◄Dependencies►
          ◄Targets►
          ◄Accumulating Targets in Dependencies►
 
     One use for this feature is for building a complex target that
     contains components created with different commands.
 
     Example
 
          target.lib :: one.asm two.asm three.asm
            ML one.asm two.asm three.asm
            LIB target -+one.obj -+two.obj -+three.obj;
          target.lib :: four.c five.c
            CL /c four.c five.c
            LIB target -+four.obj -+five.obj;
 
     This makefile updates a library. If any .ASM file has changed more
     recently than the library, NMAKE assembles the sources and updates
     the library. If any .C file has changed, NMAKE compiles the C
     files and updates the library.
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