Re: install rule not working

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From: Paul D. Smith
Date: Mon, 07 May 2001 05:07

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%% Nate Eldredge <neldredge@hmc.edu> writes:

  ne> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@is.elta.co.il> writes:
  >> "Paul D. Smith" wrote:
  >> > 
  >> > 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).
  >> 
  >> Both FORCE and force will interfere with this.

  ne> You could use .PHONY to avoid that problem.

Yes, I mentioned that earlier in the thread.

We were talking about what to do if you can't guarantee everyone will be
using GNU make.

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From: "Paul D. Smith" <psmith@gnu.org>
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Subject: Re: install rule not working
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