Hi Ralph On 18/02/10 14:33, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > Hi Tim, > >> .PHONY : dependold >> dependold : >> makedepend -Y ${C_FILES} >> >> >> I need to change to the following to expand prerequisites (using VPATH): >> >> depend : ${C_FILES} >> makedepend -Y $^ >> >> How do I fold .PHONY back into this (just in case there's ever a depend >> file around)? > > Perhaps I'm missing something, but why can't you stick with > > depend: $(C_FILES) > makedepend -Y $^ > .PHONY: depend > > Phonies can have dependecies, e.g. the `all' target that normally starts > a makefile. >
No you're not missing anything - it's just me staring at the GNU make manual and slowly going mad! Thanks Tim -- Next meeting: Dorchester, Tue 2010-03-02 20:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.org&channel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset