On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 12:59 PM, Ed Hutchins <e...@demeterr.com> wrote: ... > In my case I'd like to have "init", "start" and "start_clean" end-user > targets which reuse common > targets which in turn depend on targets specified by the above semantic > intent. If there were a > true order-only operator (say ||), I could do: > > .PHONY: <all of the below> > > init_server: <some initialization for a running server> > start_server: <start a server and load existing database info> > start_clean_server: <start a server and create a clean database> > common: || init_server start_server start_clean_server > init: init_server common > start: start_server common > start_clean: start_server common > > If I try the above with the current order-only | operator all three > dependencies are > invoked by common. Is there a way to get the effect of the above that anyone > can think of?
Sounds to me like the commands currently in 'common' should be saved in a macro which is used by the 'init', 'start', and 'start_clean' targets and the 'common' target itself eliminated. Indeed, the same may be true of 'init_server', 'start_server', and 'start_clean_server', particularly if they don't have any dependencies. How is making them targets useful? Philip Guenther _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list Bug-make@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make
