Re: [HELP] PHONY pattern rule makes the file w/ the same name

2023-10-05 Thread Bahman Movaqar
On Wed, 2023-10-04 at 10:55 -0400, Paul Smith wrote: > Sorry but I don't really understand the problem.  Maybe you can explain > it more clearly: provide the shortest, simplest repro case and show > both what happened and what you expected to see, and explain why you > expected it. Good idea. P

Re: [HELP] PHONY pattern rule makes the file w/ the same name

2023-10-05 Thread Renaud Pacalet
On 05/10/2023 12:27, Bahman Movaqar wrote: On Wed, 2023-10-04 at 10:55 -0400, Paul Smith wrote: Sorry but I don't really understand the problem.  Maybe you can explain it more clearly: provide the shortest, simplest repro case and show both what happened and what you expected to see, and explai

Re: [HELP] PHONY pattern rule makes the file w/ the same name

2023-10-05 Thread Paul Smith
On Wed, 2023-10-04 at 23:50 -0700, Kaz Kylheku wrote: > Is there a good reason for that? The manual mentions only > performance: Well, performance is a good reason. But if you're looking for other reasons I don't know; this behavior predates me. > Say that I want to be able to say "make update-h

Re: [HELP] PHONY pattern rule makes the file w/ the same name

2023-10-05 Thread Kaz Kylheku
On 2023-10-05 05:48, Paul Smith wrote: > On Wed, 2023-10-04 at 23:50 -0700, Kaz Kylheku wrote: >> Is there a good reason for that? The manual mentions only >> performance: > > Well, performance is a good reason. But if you're looking for other > reasons I don't know; this behavior predates me. >