Matt Perry wrote: > > On Mon, 24 Nov 2003, Noel Yap wrote: > > > Can you supply a /really/ stripped down version and provide explanations > > as to why creating prereq's for the target "gzip" won't work in your > > situation? > > Sorry about the previous makefile. Here's a better one: > > a: > touch a > > b: > touch b > > all: a b > > gzip: > -gzip a > -gzip b > > What I want to do is optionally add 'gzip' at the end of my target list. > gzip can't have any prerequisites because I might only want to build a, or > only build b. I was just hoping to have some error checking so that if > gzip was present and wasn't the last target, it could be moved to the last > target. I tried manipulating MAKECMDGOALS but it appears that variable is > for reference only. Is there a way to change the order of the goals from > within the makefile or am I best off just exiting with a warning if the > targets aren't in the order I need?
I see. I think Paul has a RFE about optional prereq's that sounds like exactly what you want. I'm not sure what you mean by reference only. Have you tried: gzip: $(filter-out gzip,$(MAKECMDGOALS)) Also, I had meant to say this before, but got distracted, you can't rely on the order of target invocation. For example, what if --jobs were used? HTH, Noel _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
