Steve Hay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>The following alternative (a style used elsewhere) should therefore be fine:
>
>$(UNIDATAFILES) : $(MINIPERL) $(CONFIGPM) ..\lib\unicore\mktables
> cd ..\lib\unicore && ..\$(MINIPERL) -I.. mktables
>
>This is also fine with nmake, but causes dmake to run mktables 7 times!
>
>
>Running mktables 7 times is better than not running it at all, but there
>must be a way to fix it for dmake. Anyone know how?
>
'tis a pain but dmake is not unique in this (it is copying old Unix makes).
The way to do it is nominate one of UNIDATAFILES (ideally the last one
written) as _the_ dependancy. (I don't see a definition of UNIDATAFILES
in your patch)
Or invent a pseudo target thus:
$(UNIDATAFILES) : unidataready
# Nothing here - the nothing happens 7 times ...
unidataready : $(MINIPERL) $(CONFIGPM) ..\lib\unicore\mktables
cd ..\lib\unicore && ..\$(MINIPERL) -I.. mktables
