Re: makefile question: always recompile a file

[Rainer Weikusat]

Jim <james.ro123@yahoo.com> writes:
> I'm using a make program similar to gnu make.  I'd like to always
> recompile a file whenever ANY file is compiled (or assembled).
> Preferably (but not absolutely necessary), I'd like the file to
> recompile if the linker runs as well, but this sounds really tough.

This is actually really simple: Use a wrapper-script which recompiles
the file and then invokes either the compiler or the linker. Should
you be using gcc, one script should be sufficient.