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Re: Target specified by an empty variable
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Ralf Wildenhues |
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Re: Target specified by an empty variable |
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Thu, 20 May 2010 18:57:48 +0000 (UTC) |
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Loom/3.14 (http://gmane.org/) |
Glenn Morris writes:
> My question really was, will having an "empty" target like this give a
> syntax error with some makes, even if nothing tries to run the
> associated rule?
Yes, some vendor makes will fail, e.g., IRIX make or HP-UX make:
$ cat Makefile
empty =
all:
$(empty): foo
$ make
UX:make: ERROR: make: file `empty' line 4: Syntax error
Cheers,
Ralf