Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Build System links/ recommendations

[Jan Hudec]

On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 16:37:47 +0100, Andrew Suffield wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 05:16:43PM +0200, Jan Hudec wrote:
> > $ cat ,test.mk 
> > @foo : | @bar
> >     touch @foo
> > 
> > @bar :
> >     test -f @bar || touch @bar
> > 
> > .PHONY: @bar
> > $ touch @foo
> > $ make -f ,test.mk @foo
> > test -f @bar || touch @bar
> > $
> > 
> > This does not count either.
> 
> Why not? That's exactly what you asked for: go recurse to the makefile
> that can make the test properly, but don't prejudice the rebuild
> because we recursed.
>
> Obviously it makes no sense if you're not recursing.

Obviously, because if it did count, it would have to read:

test -f @bar || touch @bar
touch @foo

Because I have *TOUCHED* @bar. And thus it *IS* newer than @foo and thus
@foo *MUST* be remade -- but isn't.

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                                                 Jan 'Bulb' Hudec 
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