greg: > Yes, I've had good luck with that. I've found I can use > 'FORCE' in place of .PHONY and it works just as well, eg: > > foo: FORCE > stuff > > FORCE: > > ..and I include an extra blank line after the FORCE: > because I think old make's would complain.
hence the reason why my example had: noSuchFile: : dummy command on unix I have also used the variation of setting a dummy shell variable: noSuchFile: comment="dummy command to force build" If you are worried that someone will create a file called "FORCE" or ".PHONY" or whatever, simply use a more complicated name. I use noSuchFile, but you could have thisFileMustNotExist or some other name that you are never likely to create accidentally. Anyone who then creates that file manually is a complete wazzock... D. _______________________________________________ fltk-dev mailing list fltk-dev@easysw.com http://lists.easysw.com/mailman/listinfo/fltk-dev