Re: RFC: .ALIAS builtin pseudotarget

[Noel Yap]

Isn't:

.ALIAS alias

target1 : alias
alias : target2 target3 target4


the same as:

alias := target2 target3 target4

target1: $(alias)

Fabio Alemagna wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I've submitted some days ago a patch to Make's patch manager, which
> makes... Make support a new kind of special, builtin target, the
> .ALIAS target.
>
> I've got no feedback on the matter, so I thought that perhaps the
> patch went unnoticed... that's why I'm opening a discussion here. In
> case you're interested, the patch is discussed at
> https://savannah.gnu.org/patch/?func=detailitem&item_id=3342
>
> Regards,
> Fabio Alemagna
>
>
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