Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> I fail to see how a stamp-build makes any difference -- either
> it shal rebuild no matter what, or it woould not build after applying
> the patch -- I don't see how this would work correctly on all cases.
> (Changing the stamp file name to be different from the target means
> the target is always remade -- obviating the function of the stamp
> file). What am I missing?
There is one use for a stamp-build. I've seen packages (and I maintain one)
that have a file named "build" in them. Then if you want a build stamp file,
you must do something like:
build: stamp-build
stamp-build:
...
touch stamp-build
.PHONY build
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