Re: FORCE works when .PHONY doesn't

2000-03-25 Thread Paul D. Smith
%% Simon Liddington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: sl> %.ot: %.dependency sl> cat $< > $@ sl> goal: sl> $(MAKE) timestamp module.ot sl> .PHONY: timestamp module.ot sl> timestamp: sl> date > module.dependency sl> I get this: sl> sjl@faraday:~/make% make sl> make tim

FORCE works when .PHONY doesn't

2000-03-23 Thread Simon Liddington
Hi, With this makefile: %.ot: %.dependency cat $< > $@ goal: $(MAKE) timestamp module.ot .PHONY: timestamp module.ot timestamp: date > module.dependency I get this: sjl@faraday:~/make% make make timestamp module.ot make[1]: Entering directory `/mnt/home/sjl/make' d