Re: DOCS: include a sample "Makefile"?

[Jonathan Kulp]

Matthias Neeracher wrote:
> On May 14, 2009, at 18:00
>
> Mac OS uses GNU make; doesn't Linux do so, too?

Yes. I don't understand the different behavior.

> >  On Mac, the "make score" command works, but "make parts" keeps coming 
> > back with a "make: `parts' is up-to-date" instead of actually running 
> > the files.  I found the "--always-make" command-line option, which 
> > forces it to build the parts, but it would be nice not to have to 
> > specify that option.  On my Linux machine the default behavior is to 
> > recompile the files.
>
> Adding a line
>
> .PHONY: parts
>
> before your actual parts rule should do the trick.
>
> Matthias
Weird and cryptic, but it works perfectly!  Thanks for the tip, Matthias. :)

Jon

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