%% Erwin Waterlander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: ew> Then the manual is wrong. My example is exactly like the example ew> in section 4.6. See: ew> http://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_chapter/make_4.html#SEC41
Everything in there is true. ew> Now you can say just `make' to remake all three programs, or ew> specify as arguments the ones to remake (as in `make prog1 ew> prog3'). I guess you're reading this paragraph to somehow say that PHONY-ness is transferred to the prerequisites. But that's not what it says, or means. It says that you can run "make" and it will remake all three programs, which is true: it will use make's normal algorithms to remake all three of those programs. It doesn't say they're all PHONY or that they'll be rebuilt every time. I'll add a note to the manual to make this explicit. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Bug-make@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make
