Re: [HACKERS] doc/src/Makefile annoyance

[Peter Eisentraut]

Tom Lane writes:

> Anyone know why the install target in doc/src/Makefile is coded like
> this:
>
> install:
>   $(MAKE) all
>   (mv -f *.$(ZIPSUFFIX) ..)

Legacy.  Note also that "install" doesn't do here what it usually does.
Feel free to make adjustments.

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Peter Eisentraut   [EMAIL PROTECTED]



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[HACKERS] doc/src/Makefile annoyance

[Tom Lane]

Anyone know why the install target in doc/src/Makefile is coded like
this:

install:
$(MAKE) all
(mv -f *.$(ZIPSUFFIX) ..)

and not the more conventional

install: all
mv -f *.$(ZIPSUFFIX) ..

or perhaps safer,

install: all
mv -f $(TARGETS) ..

I just typed "make all", waited a good long while, typed "make install",
and was seriously annoyed to watch it "make clean" and start the docs
build *again*.  This behavior is broken IMHO.

regards, tom lane

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