On Wed, 2022-08-10 at 19:08 +, Katherine Pata wrote:
>> Something like --reverse-phony or a variable like .GENUINE or .REAL
>> that is mutually exclusive with .PHONY would be really helpful.
Paul Smith (11 August 2022 21:49) replied:
> Adding such a command-line option is not right, ...
[snip]
On Wed, 2022-08-10 at 19:08 +, Katherine Pata wrote:
> I often find myself using makefiles to handle things like project
> linting, container images, various scripts, initiating tests, and
> other misc tasks. Sometimes these include tasks that have real
> dependencies that make should keep trac
Jean-Baptiste Poittevin (10 August 2022 22:19) wrote:
> By using a lot of PHONY targets, I think you're closing a door to one
> make greatest feature : not redoing those things that are already up
> to date.
While that's entirely true of make's "design-basis" use-case, I am
familiar with the mostl
Hi,
On 8/10/22 22:19, Jean-Baptiste Poittevin wrote:
By using a lot of PHONY targets, I think you're closing a door to one
make greatest feature : not redoing those things that are already up to
date.
If you consider that every rule can generate a useful file (file
containing container image
On Wed, Aug 10, 2022 at 12:33 PM Jean-Baptiste Poittevin
wrote:
>
> By using a lot of PHONY targets, I think you're closing a door to one make
> greatest feature : not redoing those things that are already up to date.
>
> If you consider that every rule can generate a useful file (file containing
By using a lot of PHONY targets, I think you're closing a door to one make
greatest feature : not redoing those things that are already up to date.
If you consider that every rule can generate a useful file (file containing
container image for example) or a dummy file, you can benefit from the d
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From: Britton Kerin
Date: Wed, Aug 10, 2022, 11:58 AM
Subject: Re: Making makefiles with primarily phony targets more friendly
To: Katherine Pata
On Wed, Aug 10, 2022, 11:44 AM Katherine Pata wrote:
> I often find myself using makefiles to han
I often find myself using makefiles to handle things like project linting,
container images, various scripts, initiating tests, and other misc tasks.
Sometimes these include tasks that have real dependencies that make should keep
track of, but often the vast majority of targets are phony.
Somet
