%% Daniel Jacobowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: dj> Oh, I can do it; in fact the autoconfery is trivial. I need to go dj> figure out why it isn't working as I expect though. Right now dj> saying "a : | b" appears to mean that b out-of-date does not dj> trigger remaking a, but "make a" still causes b to be remade. In dj> other words it's still a dependency but not used for rebuild dj> calculation.
Correct. If b is a prerequisite, order-only or not, then it will be remade. The only difference in an order-only prerequisite is that it is ignored when deciding whether or not a needs to be rebuilt. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Find some GNU make tips at: http://www.gnu.org http://make.paulandlesley.org "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make
