Jan 27, 2010 · What does .PHONY mean in a Makefile? I have gone through this, but it is too complicated. Can somebody explain it to me in simple terms?

Jun 12, 2017 · I disagree with the premise that a Makefile with all phony targets should be replaced by arbitrary scripts. Make is an extremely prolific tool which has become the de facto …

Dec 11, 2019 · The statement .PHONY: rule1 tells Make that it should not consider "rule1" the name of a file to be built. Suppose you put it in the Makefile. What happens when you run …

Dec 3, 2013 · True. A .PHONY target can have only dependencies, without any rule. In this case, make will not execute any rule, but will check if the dependencies are satisfied (and, if not, will …

Oct 28, 2015 · .PHONY tells GNU make the "all" target is phony - you don't REALLY intended for a file called "all" to be created and it should build the dependencies regardless if a file called …

Me he encontrado muchas veces con esto: .PHONY al final de los archivos Makefile y quisiera saber qué significa. Yo he usado Makefiles pero nunca he necesitado agregar eso. Un …

Sep 7, 2022 · The question is : is it possible to mass .PHONY the bottom half of the Makefile, by taking advantage either of the stable name scheme (test-%), or the position of targets in the …

Apr 25, 2022 · Is the only purpose of all being listed as a prerequisite of .PHONY that I can still remake all three programs even if I accidentally, in the unlikely case, create a file in the same …

May 3, 2009 · Second, it says "phony target should not be a prerequisite of a real" - well, what if it is? The original question, did not specify if it is or it is not. The correct answer, is, not to …

Sep 25, 2015 · For those who are seeking for a way around this absent .PHONY in nmake: You may introduce a target which would definitely be a pseudotarget (i.e. choose a name not …