On Mon, 2025-11-24 at 07:47 +0100, Basile Starynkevitch wrote: > On Sun, 2025-11-23 at 15:33 -0500, Joe Flack wrote: > > Hi! > > > > I have a feature request. Sorry, I was told to mail here, as opposed to a > > different list or a ticketing system. > > > > Me and others using make have frequently wanted this simple feature: > > > > "Run a goal, but ignore prerequisites. Act as if they don't exist." > > > > Please consider adding! > > Well, if a prerequisite don't exist, how can a given rule be fired? > > However, make --help tells us: > -o FILE, --old-file=FILE, --assume-old=FILE > Consider FILE to be very old and don't remake > it. > > Isn't it equivalent to the feature you ask? > > Otherwise, at least give a use case with sample GNUmakefile (e.g. for POSIX > system)
Notice also that GNU make 4.4 can be extended with Python or Guile. Perhaps coding that feature in them is easier? -- Basile STARYNKEVITCH basile AT starynkevitch DOT net 8 rue de la Faïencerie http://starynkevitch.net/Basile/ 92340 Bourg-la-Reine https://github.com/bstarynk France https://github.com/RefPerSys/RefPerSys https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0908-5250
