Peter Eisentraut wrote: > 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.
Well, if 'draft' was only for html, I could see suggesting just 'gmake draft', but 'draft' can be used for Postscript and PDF too. -- Bruce Momjian [EMAIL PROTECTED] EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match
