%% "Ian Dunbar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: id> Ok, but I am surprised you don't you see any problem (bug) with id> the current way?
Not really. The times where it makes any difference are very few, and the performance penalty that would be incurred to re-invoke make after each makefile was recreated could be quite large. id> I don't really understand why does adding the order id> only-prerequsite like this solve the problem, if make truly does id> not re-read the makefiles between remaking them? Heh. You don't believe me? :). You can try adding $(warning ...) lines to your various makefiles and seeing when they get printed, if you like. Also, you can use make's debugging mode (-d) to see more info. id> subsub.mk: | sub.mk id> include subsub.mk This has nothing to do with the order-only prerequisite; if you removed it you'd see the same behavior. This is because you've declared the target subsub.mk as an empty target; once you do that it's no longer unknown to make. See the GNU make manual section on empty target files. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Find some GNU make tips at: http://www.gnu.org http://make.paulandlesley.org "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make
