make not updating archive target

2000-11-10 Thread Kenneth Hopping
PROBLEM SUMMARY: Running make with the -n option shows that my archive file will be updated. When I run make "for real" the archive update does not occur. --- 106> make --version GNU Make version 3.78.1, by Richard Stallman

Re: Extension proposal

2000-11-10 Thread Paul D. Smith
Hi Eray; Thanks for the patch. However, you should be aware that the major new feature for the next release of GNU make, which will be 3.80, is a superset of the change you are proposing. The read.c file is being (indeed, has already been) fairly extensively reworked. Also, you make use of ver