On Sun, Feb 12, 2006 at 09:23:43PM +0100, Martin Willers wrote:
>
> program: $(OBJECTS)
> echo "const char build_time[] = \"`date`\";" > build.c
> $(CC) -c build.c
> $(CC) -o $@ $(OBJECTS) build.o
>
> However, with this approach, I have to use an explicit
> compiler call to compile build.c - it would be nicer if I could
> let a pattern rule force compilation of build.c.
>
> Is there a better way to do this?
Wouldn't this do?
build.c : $(OBJECTS)
echo "const char build_time[] = \"`date`\";" > build.c
program: $(OBJECTS) build.o
$(CC) -o $@ $(OBJECTS) build.o
/npat
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