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From: zap@front.se (Svante Lindahl)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: help with make needed
Message-ID: <477@front.se>
Date: 25 Apr 89 14:54:16 GMT
References: <459@front.se>
Organization: Front Capital Systems, Stockholm, Sweden
Lines: 17

In article <459@front.se>,I wrote:
[ The target, a library, should be removed and rebuilt if the makefile
  has been updated. ]

> Makefile:	FRC
> 		-@if newer Makefile $(TARGET) ; then rm -f $(TARGET); fi
...

I got some good suggestions from Rich $alz on how to avoid the need
for the newer(1L) program. This is what it looks like:

Makefile:	FRC
	-@if echo "Makefile: $(TARGET) ; @/bin/false" | make -qf - ; \
	then rm -f $(TARGET) ; fi

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