Re: make -q and maintainer-makefile issues?

[Bruno Haible]

Hi Paul,

> > Does it mean phony targets are generally incompatible with "make -q"?
> 
> Apparently so

Thanks for the confirmation. I've raised the question on the bug-make list [1],
together with a pointer to your suggestion.

> In the meantime, though, we're stuck with workarounds such as the
> one I installed.

When, changes to po/Makefile.in.in ought to be added to gettext (upstream),
and I'm wondering whether we need to care about "make -q", or whether
"make -q" is a hopeless case anyway.

Bruno

[1] http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-make/2011-08/msg00008.html (likely)
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