Hello everybody, I use some tools which create outputs on subdirectories. If I want to use the created files in subsequent rules, I must run make for the second time that these prerequisites can be found.
Example: second: first @ls $< first: | dir @touch dir/$@ dir: mkdir -p $@ VPATH=dir clean:: $(RM) -r dir If I run make for the first time: mkdir -p dir touch dir/first ls first ls: cannot access first: No such file or directory .. and second time: ls dir/first dir/first .. voila! 1) Why does the make need two steps? 2) If it is a normal behavior, why did the make let the upmost rule run in the first run even the prerequisite 'first' didn't exist? (ls first) Kind Regards, Gökçe _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
