Henrik Carlqvist wrote:
> > Consider this makefile:
> >
> > .PHONY: a b
> > a:; @echo a
> > b:; @echo b
> > b: | a
>
> Your problem with this Makefile is that it never creates any files a or b.
That's why I made them phony. But that was just for demonstration.
I get the same effects with this m
> Consider this makefile:
>
> .PHONY: a b
> a:; @echo a
> b:; @echo b
> b: | a
Your problem with this Makefile is that it never creates any files a or b.
This means that your order only prerequisite on a allways has to be made.
> % make b a
> a
> b
> make: Nothing to be done for 'a'.
>
> Correc
GNU Make 4.4.1
Consider this makefile:
.PHONY: a b
a:; @echo a
b:; @echo b
b: | a
What I want to achieve is that a and b can be made independently,
but when both of them are made, a is always made first. I assumed
that's what order-only prerequisites are for, but they don't seem to
work like thi
