Re: Using the target of a pattern rule as a prerequisite

[Boris Kolpackov]

"Paul D. Smith" <address@hidden> writes:

> In general it's not a good idea (IMO) to depend on a directory anyway:
> it will cause your code to rebuild in many situations where it's not
> necessary.

I think using order-only dependency on a directory is not such a bad
idea. At least it works fine for me. I even have a description of this 
technique:

http://kolpackov.net/pipermail/notes/2004-January/000001.html

-boris