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Re: GCC vs. `make' on Solaris
On May 11, 2001, Mark Mitchell <mark@codesourcery.com> wrote:
> This is interesting behavior. I assume it's mandated by POSIX?
Dunno.
> Anyhow, is there a place in the GNU make manual where this is
> explained?
No idea. :-)
> Anyhow, I'm convinced: I'll do the $(TOUCH) thing.
Please don't use $(TOUCH), since if we use `echo timestamp >' or `date
>', we're going to do something other than just touching
the file. $(CLOBBER) or $(STAMP) come to mind as a better
alternative.
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