j...@acorntoolworks.com (J.T. Conklin) writes:
> I've never seen .PHONY used in this way, but from the gmake -d output
> I see it indeed does what he claims. Are there any reason why not to
> use .PHONY this way? Is there a better idiom to use to avoid rebuilds
> of Makefile fragments.
To answer my own question, I found that using .PHONY like this will
cause include to act like -include if the Makefile fragment doesn't
exist. I also found the suggestion to use an Empty Command in the
Remaking Makefiles section of the documentation that I overlooked
earlier this morning.
--jtc
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J.T. Conklin
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