Hi Tim,

> 
> .PHONY : dependold
> dependold :
>       makedepend -Y ${C_FILES}
> 
> 
> I need to change to the following to expand prerequisites (using VPATH):
> 
> depend : ${C_FILES}
>       makedepend -Y $^
> 
> How do I fold .PHONY back into this (just in case there's ever a depend 
> file around)?

Perhaps I'm missing something, but why can't you stick with

    depend: $(C_FILES)
            makedepend -Y $^
    .PHONY: depend

Phonies can have dependecies, e.g. the `all' target that normally starts
a makefile.

Cheers,
Ralph.


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