From a8f4669b23f47dae4d42c3fb2908ff878d1bd294 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Smith Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2020 15:21:23 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] * doc/make.texi (Phony Targets): [SV 58961] Clarify pattern handling --- doc/make.texi | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/make.texi b/doc/make.texi index d6fd1d03..62103efb 100644 --- a/doc/make.texi +++ b/doc/make.texi @@ -2720,6 +2720,12 @@ clean: Once this is done, @samp{make clean} will run the recipe regardless of whether there is a file named @file{clean}. +Prerequisites of @code{.PHONY} are always interpreted as literal +target names, never as patterns (even if they contain @samp{%} +characters). To always rebuild a pattern rule consider using a +``force target'' (@pxref{Force Targets, ,Rules without Recipes or +Prerequisites}). + Phony targets are also useful in conjunction with recursive invocations of @code{make} (@pxref{Recursion, ,Recursive Use of @code{make}}). In this situation the makefile will often contain a variable which -- 2.47.3