"Paul D. Smith" wrote: > It's done so that if you write: > > foo: bar/ > > in one place in your makefile, and: > > bar: biz > > another place, and: > > boz: $(CURDIR)/bar > > in a third place, make realizes they are all the same target and won't > try to build them multiple times (or, say "don't know how to build ..." > for one or more of them).
IMHO, this argument isn't very strong -- why not have gmake grok directory hardlink syntax like '.' and '..'? I don't think it'd be too much to ask people to be consistent with their '/' placements. Anyway, the only reason I can see to keep this feature is for backwards compatibility. Since there is a workaround, simplifying GNU make in this respect isn't worth it. MTC, Noel -- NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not waive confidentiality or privilege, and use is prohibited. _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make
