Re: install rule not working

Article View: comp.unix.admin

Article #4407

#4407

From: Paul D. Smith
Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 19:19

34 lines
2421 bytes

%% Eli Zaretskii <eliz@is.elta.co.il> writes:

  ez> Wade Williams wrote:

  >> Unfortunately, it's a filesystem issue too.  This OS X installation is
  >> installed on HFS+, which is case insenstive, so the INSTALL file was
  >> what was causing the conflict.

  ez> Yes, a known problem with case-insensitive filesystems (DOS,
  ez> Windows, etc.).

You can add a .PHONY target, like this:

  .PHONY: install

Now, if you use GNU make, that rule will be run whether or not a file
"install" exists.  All autoconf-generated makefiles do this
automatically.

If you can't use GNU make, you can use a FORCE rule, like this:

  install: FORCE
        ....

  FORCE: ;

Of course, this fails to work if you have a file named "FORCE" (or
"force", I guess, on case-insensitive filesystems).

-- 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Paul D. Smith <psmith@gnu.org>          Find some GNU make tips at:
 http://www.gnu.org                      http://www.paulandlesley.org/gmake/
 "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist

Technical Details

Message-ID: <p5bsp7ioxe.fsf@lemming.engeast.baynetworks.com>

Path:

arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.skycache.com!Cidera!portc03.blue.aol.com!news.chicago1.Level3.net!Level3.net!news.corpeast.baynetworks.com!not-for-mail

References:

<040520011129514475%wadesworld@mac.com> <3AF2DEBE.265CFB06@is.elta.co.il> <040520011233524908%wadesworld@mac.com> <3AF38924.D8275F34@is.elta.co.il>

Show Full Headers

Complete Article Headers

X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit
X-Google-Thread: 109f73,e2ae59b8b812cc08
X-Google-Attributes: gid109f73,public
X-Google-Thread: 1020c6,e2ae59b8b812cc08
X-Google-Attributes: gid1020c6,public
X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-05-05 12:24:07 PST
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.skycache.com!Cidera!portc03.blue.aol.com!news.chicago1.Level3.net!Level3.net!news.corpeast.baynetworks.com!not-for-mail
From: "Paul D. Smith" <psmith@gnu.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin,gnu.utils.help
Subject: Re: install rule not working
Date: 05 May 2001 15:19:41 -0400
Organization: GNU's Not Unix!
Lines: 34
Message-ID: <p5bsp7ioxe.fsf@lemming.engeast.baynetworks.com>
References: <040520011129514475%wadesworld@mac.com> <3AF2DEBE.265CFB06@is.elta.co.il> <040520011233524908%wadesworld@mac.com> <3AF38924.D8275F34@is.elta.co.il>
Reply-To: psmith@gnu.org
NNTP-Posting-Host: lemming.engeast.baynetworks.com
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
X-Trace: spinner.corpeast.baynetworks.com 989090382 24348 192.32.150.127 (5 May 2001 19:19:42 GMT)
X-Complaints-To: usenet@spinner.corpeast.baynetworks.com
NNTP-Posting-Date: 5 May 2001 19:19:42 GMT
User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/20.7

Reply to Parent Message