From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bastien Subject: Re: patch makefile solve a couple debian build problems and a slackware build problem Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 20:52:37 +0200 Message-ID: <87aackd4zu.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87k4bqwkyw.fsf@gnu.org> <87sjqejvob.fsf@Rainer.invalid> <878vs581vt.fsf@gnu.org> <87pqlg3jzb.fsf@Rainer.invalid> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:54620) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QgLae-0007vm-8A for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:52:21 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QgLac-00059H-3u for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:52:19 -0400 Received: from mail-fx0-f52.google.com ([209.85.161.52]:43589) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QgLab-00058r-JQ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:52:17 -0400 Received: by fxd18 with SMTP id 18so577684fxd.39 for ; Mon, 11 Jul 2011 11:52:16 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87pqlg3jzb.fsf@Rainer.invalid> (Achim Gratz's message of "Mon, 11 Jul 2011 17:39:04 +0200") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Achim Gratz Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Achim Gratz writes: > Yes, but if they've been used, no trace is to be found in the repository > and in any case, what fixrelease is supposed to be doing is not what it > actually does — it's currently an exact copy of release. I'll sort it > out and make a proposal… Would be nice, thanks. I never had to use fixrelease so far, no surprise I didn't notice this. > As detailed in my other posting I'd remove them from the Makefile that > is distributed and the server would have an extra file with those > targets that are useful only there. Gory details to follow. Okay - thanks! > A target whose recipe doesn't produce a file with the same name is > called "phony" in make-speech; I used to call them decoys. The problem > with that age-old make idiom is when someone inadvertently creates a > file with that name — say, "test" — and "make test" suddenly doesn't > work anymore, so most makes allow you to declare them to avoid that > particular trap. I learned something -- thanks for the explanations! -- Bastien