phony-target

If really all targets are PHONY, this is a bit pointless. make is meant for “do what is necessary to update my output“, and if the answer to what is necessary? is always the same, simple scripts would do the same job with less overhead. That being said, I could imagine a situation where all … Read more

By default, Makefile targets are “file targets” – they are used to build files from other files. Make assumes its target is a file, and this makes writing Makefiles relatively easy: foo: bar create_one_from_the_other foo bar However, sometimes you want your Makefile to run commands that do not represent physical files in the file system. … Read more