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Re: is "force" a keyword in prerequisites


From: CHEN Cheng
Subject: Re: is "force" a keyword in prerequisites
Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2010 18:44:02 +0800
User-agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01)

On Mon, Jul 05, 2010 at 10:07:36AM +0800, Jiongliang Zhang wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I found this format in GNUmakefile:
> 
> mytarget : force
>         command
> 
> but I can't find force as target or something else. it just appeared
> in the prerequisites.
> Can you tell me what's the force mean in here.
> 

Hi - AFAIK, there is no embedded target in gmake 3.81 like force.
Did you try the makefiles included by the GNUmakefile for the
target?

Best,
CHEN Cheng




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