Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 15 Mar 2004 19:04:05 +0100 (MET) | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] out-of-tree builds |
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On Mon, 15 Mar 2004, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > On Mon, Mar 15, 2004 at 01:41:02PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > Unfortunately not everything works. > > > > E.g. I need to build usr/ with a different (newer) binutils, so when the build > > fails on assembling usr/initramfs_data.o, I used to do the following, which no > > longer works: > > > > | tux$ PATH=/usr/bin/:$PATH make usr/ > > | make: `usr/' is up to date. > > | tux$ > > > > I guess I need a catch-all .PHONY rule, but don't know how to implement it... > > Try: > .PHONY: $(MAKECMDGOALS)
Thanks! But it doesn't work:
| tux$ rm usr/* | tux$ make usr/ | make: Nothing to be done for `usr/'. | tux$
> or eventually > ifneq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),) > .PHONY: $(MAKECMDGOALS) > endif > > The latter if an empty .PHONY is not allowed.
It's allowed.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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