On Wed, 2010-07-07 at 11:02 +0800, Jiongliang Zhang wrote: > the force is in no way special to GUN make, but the .PHONY is special > to GNU make.
That's correct. .PHONY is a special target. It's not identical to the force rule in one or two subtle ways (otherwise there'd be no need for .PHONY) but it has basically the same result. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith <[email protected]> Find some GNU make tips at: http://www.gnu.org http://make.mad-scientist.net "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
