Re: how exactly the makefiles are remade ?

[Paul D. Smith]

%% Cristian Zoicas <address@hidden> writes:

  cz> xxxx: gen.XXXX

  cz> gen.XXXX:
  cz>         @echo generating xxxx
  cz>         @echo 'OBJECTS := a1.o b1.o b3.o' > xxxx;

This set of rules is wrong.

There is no rule to actually update xxxx (from make's perspective) so it
doesn't re-exec.

You have to write it like this:

 xxxx:
         @echo generating $@
         @echo 'OBJECTS := a1.o b1.o b3.o' > $@;

Remember the Second Rule of Makefiles.


If you enable debugging with -d you'll see that with your makefile, make
is never re-exec'd which is why the new value is not seen.

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