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Re: Possible GNU Make bug
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Paul D. Smith |
Subject: |
Re: Possible GNU Make bug |
Date: |
Wed, 29 Jan 2003 21:09:40 -0500 |
%% David Buehler <address@hidden> writes:
db> I'm expecting this makefile to echo "mylib", but it echos
db> "Makefile" then "mylib"... perhaps there's something esoteric
db> going on that I haven't figured out from the documentation.
The latter :).
Check the GNU make manual section "How Makefiles are Remade", in
particular the second paragraph. Because you have a match-anything
rule, that is forced, your makefile will try to be remade every time.
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