On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, Grégoire Sutre wrote:
>
> The following makefile goes through:
>
> ---------------------------------------
> all:
>
> dummy-fake:
>
> %.depend : %.c
> touch $@
>
> # Dependencies
>
> -include fake.depend
> ---------------------------------------
> localhost $ gmake
> make: Nothing to be done for `all'.
> ---------------------------------------
<snip>
> But this makefile doesn't go through:
>
> ---------------------------------------
> all:
>
> dummy-fake: fake.c
>
> %.depend : %.c
> touch $@
>
> # Dependencies
>
> -include fake.depend
> ---------------------------------------
> localhost $ gmake
> make: *** No rule to make target `fake.c', needed by `fake.depend'. Stop.
> ---------------------------------------
>
I tested this myself with 3.80. If you add
.INTERMEDIATE: fake.c
to the second example, it then has the same behavior as the first.
I'll let Paul explain why, as I would probably make a botch of it. ;-)
Ted
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