Sorry, I tried going through this "stripped down" version but I just don't have the time to cut through the extraneous stuff. Can you supply a /really/ stripped down version and provide explanations as to why creating prereq's for the target "gzip" won't work in your situation?
Thanks, Noel Matt Perry wrote: > > On Mon, 24 Nov 2003, Noel Yap wrote: > > > The usual way to do what you want /is/ to make all a prereq of gzip. I > > don't understand your reasoning as to why this wouldn't work. Can you > > elaborate with an example? > > Sure. I've attached a stripped down version of my makefile to the end of > this message. Notice that I get different output depending on whether I > use targets of basic, standard, or emacs. If gzip is specified as a > target on the command line, I want it to execute last no matter what other > targets have been specifed, if any. But gzip should be optional. > > - .\\ > > archive = config-$(shell date +%Y%m%d).tar > emacsarc = emacs-$(archive) > > basic = .bash_logout .bash_profile .bashrc .exrc .vimrc > standard = .cvsrc .mailcap .screenrc .slrnrc .wgetrc .ytalkrc > emacs = .emacs elisp > > .NOTPARALLEL: > .PHONY: dummy clean > dummy: > @echo "Usage: make <target>" > > basic: > tar -rf $(archive) $(basic) > > standard: basic emacs > tar -rf $(archive) $(standard) > tar -Af $(archive) $(emacsarc) > rm -f $(emacsarc) > > emacs: > tar -rf $(emacsarc) $(emacs) > > gzip: > for file in $(archive) $(emacsarc) ; do \ > if [ -f $$file ]; then \ > gzip $$file ; \ > fi ; \ > done > > clean: > $(RM) $(archive) $(emacsarc) > > _______________________________________________ > Help-make mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make -- NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not waive confidentiality or privilege, and use is prohibited. _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
