Glenn Morris writes: > My question really was, will having an "empty" target like this give a > syntax error with some makes, even if nothing tries to run the > associated rule?
Yes, some vendor makes will fail, e.g., IRIX make or HP-UX make: $ cat Makefile empty = all: $(empty): foo $ make UX:make: ERROR: make: file `empty' line 4: Syntax error Cheers, Ralf _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
