[lug] OT: Makefile oddity

Tom Tromey tromey at redhat.com
Fri Apr 19 12:21:57 MDT 2002


>>>>> ">" == D Stimits <stimits at idcomm.com> writes:

>> It then tries to figure out how to build Makefile.something,
>> looking for Makefile.c, Makefile.o, Makefile.everything_under_the_sun.

Read the info node (make)Remaking Makefiles.
In sum: GNU make considers the Makefile as a target before trying
anything else.

Tom



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