Re: make won't warn me if the other identical target only contains comments

[Paul Jarc]

Dan Jacobson <address@hidden> wrote:
> aa:
> #     if there are any other aa's in this Makefile,
> #     make will at least mention it, right?
>
> #then way at the bottom of the makefile
> aa:
>       rm everything
> #     make won't warn me if the other aa only contains comments.

The other aa rule doesn't contain only comments; the comments are
separate from the rule.

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paul