On Wed, 2007-01-03 at 07:11 -0800, Hiebert, Darren (MS) wrote: > I found the reason make is reporting the file as non-existent. It is > because the target file is declared .PHONY. For whatever reason, make > treats (or reports) such files as if they never exist, rather than as a > separate class of phony targets. This led me down a wild goose chase > trying to find out why the file did not exist. And, yes, there was a > deliberate reason why this file which really exists was declared phony > (always want to invoke the rule under certain conditions). > > Might I suggest changing how make reports phony targets?
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