Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Peter Eisentraut wrote: >> 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. No, the point is that "gmake draft" ought to work. I'm not sure where you came up with the idea that "gmake draft html" was a sane command, but it certainly wasn't what was proposed initially. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend