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author | Paul Smith <psmith@gnu.org> | 2020-12-06 15:21:23 -0500 |
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committer | Paul Smith <psmith@gnu.org> | 2020-12-06 15:21:23 -0500 |
commit | a8f4669b23f47dae4d42c3fb2908ff878d1bd294 (patch) | |
tree | b62466825cddd4cd49bf8c7a0246c7705f98bea0 /doc | |
parent | bd4829096c12d87132ce2448b53d6863e442f48e (diff) | |
download | make-git-a8f4669b23f47dae4d42c3fb2908ff878d1bd294.tar.gz |
* doc/make.texi (Phony Targets): [SV 58961] Clarify pattern handling
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diff --git a/doc/make.texi b/doc/make.texi index d6fd1d03..62103efb 100644 --- a/doc/make.texi +++ b/doc/make.texi @@ -2720,6 +2720,12 @@ clean: Once this is done, @samp{make clean} will run the recipe regardless of whether there is a file named @file{clean}. +Prerequisites of @code{.PHONY} are always interpreted as literal +target names, never as patterns (even if they contain @samp{%} +characters). To always rebuild a pattern rule consider using a +``force target'' (@pxref{Force Targets, ,Rules without Recipes or +Prerequisites}). + Phony targets are also useful in conjunction with recursive invocations of @code{make} (@pxref{Recursion, ,Recursive Use of @code{make}}). In this situation the makefile will often contain a variable which |