Pavel Roskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hello, Akim!
>
> > Is this only GNU Make, or a general property?
> >
> > /tmp % cat Makefile 21:37 remo
> > all: foo bar
> > .PHONY: all foo
> > /tmp % make 21:37 remo
> > make: *** No rule to make target `bar', needed by `all'. Stop.
>
> $ pmake
> pmake: Don't know how to make target `foo'
> $ rpm -qa |grep pmake
> pmake-2.1.34-6
OK, thanks.
> So it's not a general property. But why are you asking whether .PHONY
> targets are needed?
To be relieved from having to issue them when they are empty.
