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Subject: Re: [asterisk-dev] [svn-commits] rizzo: trunk r72700
From: Russell Bryant <russell () digium ! com>
Date: 2007-06-29 21:56:26
Message-ID: 4685800A.90304 () digium ! com
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Luigi Rizzo wrote:
> I think the last sentence in the above manpage is wrong and the two things
> are actually different (in fact, if you try, they do behave differently
> if the target is a real file). If you read the .PHONY page
>
> http://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Phony-Targets.html#Phony-Targets
>
> it says that .PHONY targets should not be real files, and i bet that internally
> gmake uses this assumption to imply that the target is not just _possibly_ out
> of date, but it _must_ be rebuilt.
Ah, that makes sense. I'm glad I understand that now. So, it looks
like what you have done is definitely the right approach.
> Anyways, FORCE might be a better name than CHECK_SUBDIR for the fake target.
It doesn't really matter to me. CHECK_SUBDIR seems to be more clear as
to what it is for in this case.
--
Russell Bryant
Software Engineer
Digium, Inc.
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