Re: Targets which dont check for includes...

[Der Herr Hofrat]

> 
> I have a makefile which keeps dependancies for the library source files in
> an output directory, and I include them as a makefile dependancy:
> 
> -include $$($(1)_depfiles)
> 
> all the depfiles are in a seperate directory which is created when any
> target is run. 
> 
> I then have a target which removes those dependancies,
> 
> scour::
>       $(RM) $$($(1)_depfiles) $(dep_dir)
> 
> but then when i run make scour, if those files, or directory ISNT there, i
> dont want them to be built only to be removed...
> 
> 
> Is there a way to check what target was specified? something like...
> 
> if target != scour
> -include $$(1)_depfiles
> endif
>
maby not very elegant but you can simply put the scour:: target befor the
include statement and use rm -f - this way rm will not fuss if the files
are not present and the target will not build them just to remove them.

hofrat