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folder deps
From: |
Adam Heinz |
Subject: |
folder deps |
Date: |
Tue, 28 Jun 2005 13:14:03 -0700 |
[ GNU Make 3.80, Cygwin ]
Since our builds organize their output into various folders, I need to
ensure that these folders exist before I execute the rules that output
into them.
# Create folders.
$(INTDIR) $(OUTDIR):
mkdir -p $@
# Run definitions through the encoder.
$(TARGET): $(OUTDIR) $(ENCODER)
@echo "Generating Output..."
$(ENCODER) gen.def $(OUTDIR)
On initial glance, this looked adequate, until I realized that changing
the contents of a folder updates its modification time, causing most of
the world to be rebuilt.
Doing a bit of reading, it looks like I could use "-o file" on the
command line to mark my folders as ancient. This would require me to
invoke a recursive make, as INTDIR and OUTDIR are defined
per-configuration within the makefile. The crux of the matter is that I
want the normal "run rule if file does not exist" dependency behavior,
but not its "run rule if file modification date is greater than target"
companion. I didn't see a special .ANCIENT target in the documentation.
Is there a better way to go about this task? I'm currently
investigating modifying MAKEFLAGS inside my makefile to use the -o
switch.
Adam