Re: Including dependency files automagically + some basic pilot error

[Ted Stern]

On 25 Jul 2005 at 12:59 UTC-0700, Angus Leeming wrote:
> OK, gentlemen, the only remaining problem with the attached makefile
> is that it fails if the .deps directory doesn't exist.

Directories change timestamp frequently.  I tend to use "touch" files
instead:

  %.T:: # don't go searching further down
        address@hidden -p $(@D); touch $@
  
  %.foo:  %.T
        rule to make foo

I use touch files in other circumstances as well -- you sometimes want
the timestamp to be measured at the beginning of a long process,
instead of at the end.  

Ted
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