Differences

This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.

--- programming:make:fake_target [2021/02/04 16:40] – created peter
+++ programming:make:fake_target [2021/02/04 16:56] (current) – peter
@@ Line 3: / Line 3: @@
 By default, make __only__ tries to build the first thing it finds.
-Sometimes you’ll see a fake target as the first thing like this:
+<file bash Makefile>
+hello: hello.c
+</file>
+<WRAP infp>
+**NOTE:**  Here:
+  * **hello**:  The target.
+  * **hello.c**.  The source.
+</WRAP>
+----
+====== Fake Target ======
+A fake target can be provided:
 <file bash Makefile>
@@ Line 10: / Line 26: @@
 <WRAP info>
-**NOTE:**  This assumes that there are rules for the 3 hello programs elsewhere and make will build all three.
+**NOTE:**  This shows the target as **all**, probably not what is really wanted:
+This actually works as long as there is never a file named **all** in the working directory.
-This works as long as you never have a file name **all** in the working directory.
+This assumes that there are other rules elsewhere in the Makefile for the 3 hello programs so they can be built.
 </WRAP>
@@ Line 20: / Line 38: @@
 ====== Prevent problems using all ======
-To prevent that being a problem, you can declare that target as phony by using this statement in the makefile:
+To prevent this usage of **all** being a problem, you can declare that target as phony by using this statement in the makefile:
 <file bash Makefile>
@@ Line 31: / Line 49: @@
 .PHONY: clean
 clean:
-     rm *.o
+  rm *.o
 </file>