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Re: Targets which dont check for includes...
From: |
Der Herr Hofrat |
Subject: |
Re: Targets which dont check for includes... |
Date: |
Wed, 28 May 2003 15:03:44 +0200 (CEST) |
> >
> > I have a makefile which keeps dependancies for the library source files in
> > an output directory, and I include them as a makefile dependancy:
> >
> > -include $$($(1)_depfiles)
> >
> > all the depfiles are in a seperate directory which is created when any
> > target is run.
> >
> > I then have a target which removes those dependancies,
> >
> > scour::
> > $(RM) $$($(1)_depfiles) $(dep_dir)
> >
> > but then when i run make scour, if those files, or directory ISNT there, i
> > dont want them to be built only to be removed...
> >
> >
> > Is there a way to check what target was specified? something like...
> >
> > if target != scour
> > -include $$(1)_depfiles
> > endif
> >
> maby not very elegant but you can simply put the scour:: target befor the
> include statement and use rm -f - this way rm will not fuss if the files
> are not present and the target will not build them just to remove them.
>
sorry - sent that out too fast ... includes are checked first so that will
not work ...
hofrat