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


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