Although 'dmake' has no problems with empty rules (i.e. w/o recipes)
in general, it complains about the DBI-1.25 Makefile (WinNT, Borland):
dmake.exe: Error -- Don't know how to make `config'
I satisfied 'dmake' with a '@$(NOOP)' (see attached patch).
Steffen
*** DBI-1.25-orig/Makefile.PL Mon May 20 23:04:02 2002
--- DBI-1.25/Makefile.PL Sat Jun 08 21:26:43 2002
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*** 236,241 ****
--- 236,242 ----
changes_pm = ' . File::Spec->catfile($self->{INST_LIB}, 'DBI', 'Changes.pm') . '
config :: $(changes_pm)
+ @$(NOOP)
$(changes_pm): Changes
$(NOECHO) $(MKPATH) $(inst_libdbi)