[FFmpeg-cvslog] r13450 - trunk/Makefile

[Måns Rullgård]

Diego Biurrun <diego at biurrun.de> writes:

> On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 03:32:43PM +0100, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
>> Diego Biurrun <diego at biurrun.de> writes:
>> 
>> > On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 01:34:44PM +0100, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
>> >> diego <subversion at mplayerhq.hu> writes:
>> >> 
>> >> > Log:
>> >> > Simplify phony target declaration.
>> >> >
>> >> > --- trunk/Makefile	(original)
>> >> > +++ trunk/Makefile	Tue May 27 02:32:26 2008
>> >> > @@ -341,8 +341,6 @@ tests/seek_test$(EXESUF): tests/seek_tes
>> >> >
>> >> > -.PHONY: lib videohook documentation TAGS
>> >> > -.PHONY: codectest libavtest seektest servertest fulltest test
>> >> > -.PHONY: $(CODEC_TESTS) $(LAVF_TESTS) regtest-ref swscale-error
>> >> > +.PHONY: lib videohook documentation TAGS *test regtest-* swscale-error
>> >> 
>> >> make doesn't work like that.
>> >
>> > Elaborate.  It works as intended here ...
>> 
>> It works by accident, because there are no files with those names.
>> You can't use wildcards in prerequisite lists.
>
> This does not seem to apply to phony target declarations.
>
> Try adding
>
> foobar:
> 	touch some_file
>
> .PHONY: foo*
>
> to the Makefile.  It works as expected even if you do a 'touch foobar'
> in between...

OK, I'll rephrase.  Wildcards in prerequisites are expanded as
filenames, not make targets.

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M?ns Rullg?rd
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