GCC vs. `make' on Solaris
Mark Mitchell
mark@codesourcery.com
Fri May 11 20:00:00 GMT 2001
>>>>> "Alexandre" == Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@redhat.com> writes:
Even if foo.c is older than s-foo, GNU make is smart enough to figure
@true hasn't changed it, so it doesn't proceed to rebuilding foo.o.
Thanks for explaining.
This is interesting behavior. I assume it's mandated by POSIX?
Anyhow, is there a place in the GNU make manual where this is
explained? I think that would be useful.
Anyhow, I'm convinced: I'll do the $(TOUCH) thing.
Thanks,
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