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.
>
sorry - sent that out too fast ... includes are checked first so that will
not work ...

hofrat