On Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:58:52 -0800 Philip Guenther <guent...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > So, I have 2 questions: > > 1) Does implicit rules called for phony targets? > > No. As it says in the info pages: > ---- > Since it knows that phony targets do not name actual files that > could be remade from other files, `make' skips the implicit rule search > for phony targets (*note Implicit Rules::). > ---- Thanks! > > 2) Why in second case I get message "Nothing to be done for `Makefile'"? > > Your Makefile, if taken literally, would result in an infinite loop, > as make would have to build the Makefile, then reinvoke itself, then > rebuild the Makefile, then reinvoke itself, etc. So, since your > Makefile is broken, *anything* make does is correct. No? Really, it's not clear for me. Why make reinvokes itself? -- Ilya Loginov <islogi...@gmail.com> _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list Help-make@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
