On 2020-01-09 15:17, Tom Lane wrote:
1) Changing from an "|"-style dependency to a plain dependency seems like a semantics change. I've never been totally clear on the difference though. I think Peter introduced our use of the "|" style, so maybe he can comment.
If you have a phony target as a prerequisite of a real-file target, you should make that an order-only ("|") prerequisite. Otherwise the real-file target rules will *always* be run, on account of the phony target prerequisite.
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