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Re: non-existent prerequisite w/ empty rule makes target out of date
From: |
Paul D. Smith |
Subject: |
Re: non-existent prerequisite w/ empty rule makes target out of date |
Date: |
Tue, 24 Jun 2003 23:40:07 -0400 |
%% gk <address@hidden> writes:
g> I am using the following ifneq, which seems good enough for my purposes.
g> $(afile) is a file that may or may not exist.
g> Thanks for the insights.
g> ifneq (,$(wildcard $(afile)))
g> target: $(afile)
g> @touch $@
g> else
g> target:
g> @touch $@
g> endif
Why not just:
target: $(wildcard $(afile))
@touch $@
?
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