Re: Force Recompile of Files

[Mike Gibson]

> The way I have it, so far, Config_0_0 performs it's tasks, then deletes 
> the objects so the next target can rebuild the files.  This doesn't 
> happen, becuase the dependencies must have already been checked and the 
> files existed at that time.  Config_0_1 attempts to build its target 
> from the objects created by Config_0_0, but they are not there anymore.

That's right.  GNU make does it's dependency checking before it starts 
to do any work.  That's why it isn't working.

Is there a reason (other than disk space) that you need to use the same 
directory for all the object files for all the targets?  Why not create 
a seperate directory for each configuration and then do the delete at 
the end of the build (or not at alland ask the user to do a make clean 
as is common practice.)?  By doing it the way you're doing it, you're 
making it impossible for a developer to take advantage of make's ability 
to "build only what needs to be built".

Just my 2 cents.

Mike Gibson
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