In article <20130306073342.gg4...@apb-laptoy.apb.alt.za>, Alan Barrett <a...@cequrux.com> wrote: >On Tue, 05 Mar 2013, Christos Zoulas wrote: >>Modified Files: >> src/usr.bin/make: dir.c job.c job.h make.1 parse.c >> >>Log Message: >>Add a .STALE special target that gets invoked when dependency files contain >>stail entries. > >Please discuss this sort of thing first. There may be a way to >solve the underlying problem without adding a new special target, >such as using the newish "meta mode". Also, a better name than >".STALE" might have been suggested.
It is not enabled, so now is a good time to provide alternatives. christos