Follow-up Comment #5, bug #59490 (project make): thanks, both.
i apologize for my posted question being incomplete! i'm very sympathetic to this: > However, your makefile is lying to make; it says that the > recipe for b1 builds just b1, but in fact it also builds c1 > "behind make's back". (as, in general, i'd rather be a truth-teller). i guess for public release, i had better not rely on "&:", until >= 4.3 make(1) become widely distributed. thanks, by the way, for the fact that (afaict) if i have b1 c1 &: a1 <some recipe> d1: c1 <some other recipe> but, in a run, <some recipe> is run, b1 changes, but c1 is *not* changed, then d1 is *not* remade. cheers. _______________________________________________________ Reply to this item at: <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59490> _______________________________________________ Message sent via Savannah https://savannah.gnu.org/