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diff --git a/reproduce/src/make/initialize.mk b/reproduce/src/make/initialize.mk
index 7854c2f..70d77ed 100644
--- a/reproduce/src/make/initialize.mk
+++ b/reproduce/src/make/initialize.mk
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
# Initialize the reproduction pipeline.
#
# Original author:
-# Your name <your@email.address>
+# Mohammad Akhlaghi <mohammad@akhlaghi.org>
# Contributing author(s):
-# Copyright (C) YYYY, Your Name.
+# Your name <your@email.address>
+# Copyright (C) 2018, Your Name.
#
# This Makefile is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
@@ -91,6 +92,14 @@ $(pconfdir)/LOCAL.mk:
# changes within that file and if they don't affect the pipeline. For
# example a change of the top $(BDIR) name, while the contents are the same
# as before.
+#
+# The `.SUFFIXES' rule with no prerequisite is defined to eliminate all the
+# default implicit rules. The default implicit rules are to do with
+# programming (for example converting `.c' files to `.o' files). The
+# problem they cause is when you want to debug the make command with `-d'
+# option: they add too many extra checks that make it hard to find what you
+# are looking for in this pipeline.
+.SUFFIXES:
$(mtexdir): | $(texdir); mkdir $@
$(BDIR): | $(pconfdir)/LOCAL.mk; mkdir $@
$(texdir) $(lockdir): | $(BDIR); mkdir $@