> Isn't it equivalent to the feature you ask? Except that it requires enumerating all the out of date prerequisites that would otherwise be rebuilt. That might be hard and they might be numerous.
> NB I am French and don't understand the feature you want. While I feel like I understand the "what", assuming Basile's -o clarification, this native anglophone is also struggling to guess the "why". As a long-time Make user, I don't recall ever wanting this... or even noticing Basile's suggested way of achieving it. Oh, I see Joe's replied, addressing both points.
