Re: .PHONY targets are not needed?

[Akim Demaille]

Pavel Roskin <address@hidden> writes:

> Hello, Akim!
> 
> > Is this only GNU Make, or a general property?
> >
> > /tmp % cat Makefile                                                  21:37 
> > remo
> > all: foo bar
> > .PHONY: all foo
> > /tmp % make                                                          21:37 
> > remo
> > make: *** No rule to make target `bar', needed by `all'.  Stop.
> 
> $ pmake
> pmake: Don't know how to make target `foo'
> $ rpm -qa |grep pmake
> pmake-2.1.34-6

OK, thanks.

> So it's not a general property. But why are you asking whether .PHONY
> targets are needed?

To be relieved from having to issue them when they are empty.