Re: [HELP] PHONY pattern rule makes the file w/ the same name

[Paul Smith]

On Wed, 2023-10-04 at 23:50 -0700, Kaz Kylheku wrote:
> Is there a good reason for that? The manual mentions only
> performance:

Well, performance is a good reason.  But if you're looking for other
reasons I don't know; this behavior predates me.

> Say that I want to be able to say "make update-host-foo", such that
> Make will run some remote commands on host "foo". For any host name:

The manual tells you how to do this:

| To always rebuild a pattern rule consider using a “force target” (see
| Rules without Recipes or Prerequisites).

>   update-host-%:
>           ssh $* some command

Rewrite as:

  update-host-%: FORCE
          ssh $* some command

  FORCE: