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Re: Testing rule success


From: David A. Greene
Subject: Re: Testing rule success
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 21:18:07 -0500
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On Monday 30 July 2007 17:39, Paul Smith wrote:

> There is no other way to do it than wildcard.  As long as you're testing
> for the existence of a TARGET file (that is declared a target in the
> makefile and only updated through the auspices of a make rule with that
> file as a target) then wildcard should always be accurate.  If it's not,
> that's a bug.

Ok, thanks for the lesson.  This particular file wasn't a target, but was
created as part of the commands for a target.

                                        -Dave




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