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Helmut Grohne <[email protected]> writes: > > > However that one does not work with implicit dependencies and > > > results in make thinking there is nothing to be done. Here, you state that something about a ‘debian/rules’ file “does not work”. > > Can you give an example of a ???debian/rules??? that does not > > work, and what the desired behaviour would be? > > Well my basic idea was to add a .PHONY line to the 3-line example like: > > #!/usr/bin/make -f > %: > $@ > .PHONY:build clean install binary-arch binary-indep binary What is it about this ‘debian/rules’ file that “does not work”, as you said in your original message? What behaviour is expected, and what behaviour do you get instead? -- \ “I have never imputed to Nature a purpose or a goal, or | `\ anything that could be understood as anthropomorphic.” —Albert | _o__) Einstein, unsent letter, 1955 | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]

