Hi, Bill Moseley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Fri, 4 Apr 2003, Raja R Harinath wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Raja R Harinath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> [snip] >> > $(html_DATA): .html-stamp >> > if test -f $@; then :; else rm -f $<; done >> >> That should read: >> >> if test -f $@; then :; else rm -f $<; $(MAKE) .html-stamp; done > > Yes, that would be perfect, but I don't think I can require GNU make. How > non-portable is that? Notice that this rule will be executed by only those people who edit one of the *.pod files, or who want to explicitly regenerate the HTML files rather than use the ones that were distributed by you. Ordinary users, who build from your distributed tarball will _not_ execute this rule, and shouldn't be affected. So, I don't think it's a major imposition to as for GNU make of those people who actually change the code or documentation. > BTW -- something's not quite right in the syntax, it seems. > > if test -f CHANGES.html; then :; else rm -f .html-stamp; make .html-stamp; done > /bin/sh: -c: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `done' > /bin/sh: -c: line 1: `if test -f CHANGES.html; then :; else rm -f > .html-stamp; make .html-stamp; done' Yikes. I need coffee :-) Replace 'done' with 'fi'. - Hari -- Raja R Harinath ------------------------------ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
