%% Cristian Zoicas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
cz> xxxx: gen.XXXX
cz> gen.XXXX:
cz> @echo generating xxxx
cz> @echo 'OBJECTS := a1.o b1.o b3.o' > xxxx;
This set of rules is wrong.
There is no rule to actually update xxxx (from make's perspective) so it
doesn't re-exec.
You have to write it like this:
xxxx:
@echo generating $@
@echo 'OBJECTS := a1.o b1.o b3.o' > $@;
Remember the Second Rule of Makefiles.
If you enable debugging with -d you'll see that with your makefile, make
is never re-exec'd which is why the new value is not seen.
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