On Thu, May 21, 2026 at 3:13 PM Heime <[email protected]> wrote:
> Because by default `make' will build the first target. I have the
> first target as something to be built, even .PHONY.
Sure. See also the .DEFAULT_TARGET special variable in the make documentation.
That said, I don't see any connection from the above to what follows here:
> Rather than this,
>
> .PHONY: TARGET
> TARGET: info html pdf dvi ps
>
> I use the following (and with directories at the start)
> Would this be the correct way to do it?
>
> infdir = ${HOME}/Opfeld/hist/build/${btnver}/docs/info
>
> .PHONY: TARGET
> TARGET: info html pdf dvi ps
>
> info: ${infdir}/antares.info
>
> .SECONDEXPANSION: # Enable second expansion of $(@D)
>
> $(infdir)/antares.info: $(srcs) | $$(@D)
> makeinfo $(opts) -o $@ $<
What's the question?
Philip Guenther
