Achim Gratz <strom...@nexgo.de> writes: > Yes, but if they've been used, no trace is to be found in the repository > and in any case, what fixrelease is supposed to be doing is not what it > actually does — it's currently an exact copy of release. I'll sort it > out and make a proposal…
Would be nice, thanks. I never had to use fixrelease so far, no surprise I didn't notice this. > As detailed in my other posting I'd remove them from the Makefile that > is distributed and the server would have an extra file with those > targets that are useful only there. Gory details to follow. Okay - thanks! > A target whose recipe doesn't produce a file with the same name is > called "phony" in make-speech; I used to call them decoys. The problem > with that age-old make idiom is when someone inadvertently creates a > file with that name — say, "test" — and "make test" suddenly doesn't > work anymore, so most makes allow you to declare them to avoid that > particular trap. I learned something -- thanks for the explanations! -- Bastien
