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Re: -n option executes commands; bug?"
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Martin McCann |
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Re: -n option executes commands; bug?" |
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Mon, 23 Jun 2003 21:39:33 +0000 |
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Hi Paul,
Thanks for your reply, just shows how easy it is to miss the forest for
looking at the tree's.
Regards,
martin
On Monday 23 Jun 2003 8:40 pm, you wrote:
> The stuff you want is in the middle, which you elided.
>
> The `-n', `-t', and `-q' options do not affect command lines that
> begin with `+' characters or contain the strings `$(MAKE)' or
> `${MAKE}'. Note that only the line containing the `+' character or the
> strings `$(MAKE)' or `${MAKE}' is run regardless of these options.
> Other lines in the same rule are not run unless they too begin with `+'
> or contain `$(MAKE)' or `${MAKE}' (*Note How the `MAKE' Variable Works:
> MAKE Variable.)
>
> There is also information about this in various other pages that discuss
> -n.