Bruce Momjian wrote: > Nothing, but the point is that draft is a modifier and it isn't clear > > >from that syntax that draft is a modifier and not a target. > > > > Anyway, certainly you could write this to preserve the target: > > > > draft: > > $(MAKE) html DRAFT=Y > > The problem is that the 'gmake' recursion is done, but then returns > and runs the hhml again, so 'gmake draft html' calls "$(MAKE) html > DRAFT=Y" and on return from that, the html is called again and > rebuilds, so it isn't really draft.
Well, "gmake draft html" doesn't make any sense anyway, but "gmake draft" by itself does and the new way of writing it is significantly more cumbersome, so I request that this be fixed. -- Peter Eisentraut http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/ ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: You can help support the PostgreSQL project by donating at http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate
