Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 01:20:20 -0800 (PST) From: Volker Stolz <stolz@i2.informatik.rwth-aachen.de> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/41908: make: $? not always set Message-ID: <200402180920.i1I9KK1R098734@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/41908; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Volker Stolz <stolz@i2.informatik.rwth-aachen.de>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, cg2v@andrew.cmu.edu
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Subject: Re: bin/41908: make: $? not always set
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 10:14:19 +0100
I think you should use $> (.ALLSRC) instead of $?.
From make.1:
.OODATE The list of sources for this target that were deemed
out-of-date; also known as `?'.
test.a is not out of date, so it's not in OODATE for test2.a.
Does this look like a good rationale?
Cheers,
Volker
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