> You can probably get what you want by having a dependency on a
> file that never exists:
>
> always: noSuchFile
> build always
>
> noSuchFile:
> :
>
> # remember that ':' is a dummy command on Unix
>
Right. That works until some wiseguy creates a file
called "noSuchFile" to trip you up. Tricks abound
of course. Here's one I find particularly amusing:
# We can assume we know the name of our own makefile
FORCE=./makefile/nothing
always: $(FORCE)
build always
$(FORCE):
I guess that part of the motivation for the .phony (or .force)
target is to solve this problem.
Best,
Stan
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