On 07/20/11 01:48, Eli Zaretskii wrote: >> You need a separate stamp file to avoid this. > Or use move-if-change with config.status.
That might be better, but it'd need a separate timestamp file, no? Otherwise, config.status would appear out-of-date to the top-level rule that runs 'configure', and that would cause 'make' to run 'configure' every time.