Paul Smith wrote:
> OK I've reworded this. I changed the title of the catalog section to be
> "Catalogue of Built-In Rules" instead, and reworded the Phony Targets
> section.
I think it's clearer now, thanks!
Frank
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OK I've reworded this. I changed the title of the catalog section to be
"Catalogue of Built-In Rules" instead, and reworded the Phony Targets
section.
Thanks!
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Paul Smith wrote:
> On Sat, 2014-09-06 at 20:01 +0200, Frank Heckenbach wrote:
> > > Since it knows that phony targets do not name actual files that
> > > could be remade from other files, `make' skips the implicit rule
> > > search for phony targets (*note Implicit Rules::
On Sat, 2014-09-06 at 20:01 +0200, Frank Heckenbach wrote:
> > Since it knows that phony targets do not name actual files that
> > could be remade from other files, `make' skips the implicit rule
> > search for phony targets (*note Implicit Rules::). This is why
> >
Paul Smith wrote:
> On Sat, 2014-09-06 at 19:38 +0200, Frank Heckenbach wrote:
> > I know that specific rules take precendence over pattern rules (e.g.
> > if I had a rule "foobar:;", I wouldn't expect the echo to run), as
> > the documentation says: "The rules you write take precedence over
> > t
On Sat, 2014-09-06 at 19:38 +0200, Frank Heckenbach wrote:
> I know that specific rules take precendence over pattern rules (e.g.
> if I had a rule "foobar:;", I wouldn't expect the echo to run), as
> the documentation says: "The rules you write take precedence over
> those that are built in." But
Is this the intended behaviour?
% cat Makefile
.PHONY: all foobar
all: foobar
foo%:; echo $@
% cat foobar
cat: foobar: No such file or directory
% make
make: Nothing to be done for 'all'.
(Wherease when "foobar" is not listed as .PHONY, echo is run.)
"make -d" reveals:
Considering target file '
