On Sun, 2017-08-06 at 12:02 -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > > I need to update some files whenever a symlink changes, even if the new > > > target of the symlink is an old file. > > > How can I do that with GNU Make? > > See: > > -L, --check-symlink-times > > Use the latest mtime between symlinks and target. > > Thanks. Is there a way to do it from within the Makefile (either > globally, or for specific targets)?
It should work to add: MAKEFLAGS += -L into your makefile. You can't do it just for certain targets though... well, I guess you could replace those recipes with some kind of recursive make invocation that added the -L option for just those targets. _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list Help-make@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
